Be Happy With Yourself Quotes : + 400 Reasons To Be Happy

    If gratitude is to become habit it must be continually practiced, and we will offer more than 400 reasons to be happy to practice it and come back when you need it; and you'll say finally i choose to be happy, these cute quotes are aboute happiness and smiling, we choose short and true happiness ones : 

  

1. Privilege to write a Newsletter others will read

2. Fan to keep us cool and provides white noise

3. Sleep

4. Thought of mowing lawns - help Mum and Dad

5. Ideas I'll get mowing lawn

6. I can urinate and get rid of pain of a full bladder that way

7. Fresh safe water to wash my hands with

8. Facebook browsing... curiosity I experience

9. Connecting with a friend's world

10. Being able to see statistics for my blogs

11. Get feedback about how my article is going

12. Thought of my son waking up in 31 minutes time

13. The books are packed!

14. I submit articles and they're so quickly approved

15. I sleep with my wife

16. Message from a mate that gives clarity

17. Grass underfoot

18. Park across the road to walk around

19. The ball I found and the skill I have to enjoy it

20. The clothes I'm wearing

21. The concept of time and creation - being about to create imaginatively

22. My left knee cracks, but there is no pain

23. Cuddling my wife in bed

24. Wrestles with my son, the fun we have

25. I am able to make breakfast for son and lunch for wife

26. I was going to skip breakfast and my son got me a bowl and filled it

27. Being thankful for our food

28. A laugh whilst having breakfast

29. A car and time to be able to run errands

30. The barista smiled his joy my way

31. I received and returned the smile

32. Received a free coffee when I didn't expect it

33. The pleasure of giving my son a chocolate frog

34. God reminded me to pray for one of my daughters

35. The way my son says 'trees'

36. Watching him play

37. Listening to him sing while he eats

38. Him singing 10,000 Reasons with me in the car

39. Overcoming the temptation to leer at another motorist

40. Being able and willing to assist my parents with the household tasks they can't do

41. Experiencing the will that says I don't want or need thanks for helping

42. Realising the therapy in work

43. The joy of establishing order

44. Another revelation: everything is a process; i.e. tying rope; respecting the process

45. Traffic delay reminds me I'm here at God's pleasure

46. Traffic delay makes me thankful I'm not the one involved in the collision

47. Knowing that while I have a sore back I can still move and do many physical things

48. Realising how important expectations are in the process of gratitude

49. Realising how grief is helped by gratitude

50. Realising gratitude is a process

51. Realising gratitude sown reaps patience

52. Smoke alarm and RCD maintenance done on home to keep it safe for us to live safe

53. In preparing to shower, found myself looking at my naked body, and instead of saying 'you need to lose weight' I said to myself, 'perfect, you are looking just like you'

54. Having clean clothes to wear, and a very generous selection to choose from

55. Having the wisdom to negotiate with my son to model care for his needs

56. The sight of a business card that reminds me of a time of insight and learning

57. For the two-dozen eggs we're given every fortnight

58. The wonderful Lego creations my son comes up with

59. For the phone call from a friend that I just received

60. The idea I was given for a series on gratitude

61. For the mess my house is in that reminds me that it's a home

62. The work my wife has that brings in much needed income

63. Reminded that what God gives not the time for ought not be done

64. Indecision is good when there are two equal options - just choose one

65. Listening intently to my wife share her work day

66. Learning about the work processes she tells me about so I have better context for her life

67. Realising that making a list of 100 things per day means I am forced to look for items to be grateful about

68. Listening to my wife read to my son; she is a beautifully expressive reader

69. My opportunity to clean up the tea dishes

70. My opportunity to pray for safe travels for my wife as she travels to and from worship practice

71. The opportunity to write my wife a sneaky love note - okay, reminder note she will laugh at

72. God has shown me over only the first day that gratitude is hard to maintain

73. Realising that fear creeps in insidiously

74. For the stake I have in others' lives I minister with

75. The sheer luxury I have in my life to do many things at any one time

76. The story behind a piece of furniture

77. Three pairs of glasses - that's right, three!

78. Engaging my son not going to sleep and his response to accept what I say

79. The prayers I make for my wife while she's out

80. Anticipating time camping this weekend - time to be with wife's family

81. Challenges of tomorrow; at least a few jobs not sure how they'll go, but they're always a success

82. The books are packed! Oh yeah, I said that already

83. The thought that this challenge might beat me

84. Blinds to close for privacy, blinds to open for light

85. For the legacy of three daughters making their way in life

86. The fact that God is dealing with the envy in my heart

87. I can praise God that this is 950 words already and I don't know how I'll sustain this for another 99 days

88. Paper - to write on

89. Coffee at 7pm

90. Pumpkin Patch button

91. The number of times I've thought about graduating this year

92. I got to see my Mum and Dad today

93. I'm 50 and they are still alive!

94. Thought of having 2 more Sundays to prepare for my next sermon

95. The theme for it - Jesus is Always the Answer - has me excited

96. Realising 10,000 Reasons is forcing me to look, to see, to discover, to find

97. Admitting that passion for God wanes over time, but can be excited afresh

98. I am nearly there for today

99. For reminders... to put the bins out

100. For substances that do their job - lens cleaner

101. Feeling the time pressure, but an equivalent pressure to maintain this list, I overcome

102. I am forced to stay positive

103. Wife makes it home safe

104. Finish PKS Perspective Newsletter

105. Making good progress on Sermon

106. Thinking about the role of gratitude and a series - this could be big

107. Bickford's cordial on a summer's night

108. Still lots of energy at 2117hrs

109. Back is feeling okay

110. Reminded by my wife about keeping good business hours etiquette

111. Sprained ankle isn't as bad as it could have been

112. Son is sound asleep - beautiful to watch my children asleep

113. Thankful for this project. Woke up not wanting to be grateful

114. Getting out of bed sore improves after some stretches

115. Grateful for a mate's courage

116. Prayed for that friend, thanking God for him

117. Sore back but still functions

118. Sore knee but that still functions too

119. 'Last man standing' vision - part of my self-image that I'll be the last man standing

120. Good night's sleep last night

121. Plans for today - another big day ahead

122. Thankful for young Matt's help at work

123. Banana bread, coffee, yogurt and muesli

124. Peace even at McDonald's

125. The sanctity of life even when there is such unrest in the world

126. For the employees in this fine establishment - yes, I just prayed for you

127. The architecture - for architecture - what a wonderful applied science

128. For the driver's licence I've had for nearly 34 years - 2/3rds of my life

129. For the fact I cannot think of everything I ought to be grateful for

130. This process forces me to look, to search, to find

131. Numbers and letters to make intelligible language

132. 130 reasons for my heart to find in 24 hours - Lord, help me sustain this

133. Even eating involves science - the physics of napkins

134. Weather on my phone

135. After standing so long, now I sit, to change my body's position and ease pain

136. Is this hard? Training oneself to think gratefully? No. It's just one thing at a time

137. Being lost browsing... the sheer luxury that I have moments like this

138. The fact that life goes on all around me

139. For the 50 or so pens I had to choose from this morning

140. That nice car I saw drive past... I don't need to own it to enjoy it

141. School years starts again next week... welcome back, routine

142. Reflecting on the word 'goodness'... for all your goodness I will keep on singing...

143. Acknowledging the fear for rejection I experience in sharing (posting) myself

144. Seeing others' ulterior motives at times, forgiving them, but not going their way

145. Having time to 'waste' on rest... the opposite is the case; thankful to invest

146. Arriving at work with a full day of experiences to look forward to (not lament!)

147. Opportunity to offer to help two staff - offer accepted by one

148. Able to help a third employee twice

149. Helped by an employee to do something more efficiently

150. Willingness to depart from plan and no chagrin of heart

151. Receiving well bad news about a loved one that will change their life

152. Supporting the bearer of that bad news - commending them on what they have done

153. Corrected by an employee of supplier I was picking up from - enforcing safety

154. Happy in my heart to be corrected

155. Engagement with same employee on two subsequent occasions - exemplary safety standards I appreciated

156. Load moves so I pull over and tie on better - thankful there's no incident

157. Staved off temptation to panic

158. God gets me safe back to workplace with loaded trailer

159. Good interaction with a salesperson named Steve

160. Thankful for air conditioning in the car

161. Thankful for fine fast food

162. Even though my body aches in several places, God sustains my movement

163. Realising that life for every single person is a faith journey. Life is easy for nobody

164. Realising each person has anxieties to manage and emotions to contain/express

165. Having the opportunity to hear my son ask his Mum to have a play picnic

166. Radio interview on teenage brains prompts me to call a daughter

167. Thankful to be led to pray for her

168. Got more done than I thought I'd do

169. A job that has some outstanding concerns forces me to have faith

170. Feeling sore after a hard day's physical labour - the body still works

171. Somebody connected with me on social media who I've been praying for

172. Help from a younger man to dig holes I needed dug

173. Reward for work done on a hot day - an ice cold soft drink

174. My wife has been busy cleaning lights, which is something I don't think of

175. A daughter is becoming a home owner within days

176. Watching Big Bash cricket in air-conditioned comfort

177. Privilege to make dinner for the family

178. The beauty in a didactic moment - wife to son - on why not to lick the sauce bottle

179. The choice of fine foods for dinner - just about every night!

180. A gardening wife

181. Realising I'm glad of my failures, because without them I'd not have seen my responses

182. Whilst watching my nearly five-year-old son play, he asked me to read him a story

183. Called one of my daughters and we chatted for a while

184. Capacity to be honest - am I doing the right thing here, God?

185. For anxiety, because it puts me in touch with what I care about

186. For my wife's determination to stick to a plan for moving house

187. In struggling for something to be grateful for, I bless the Lord - I'm limited

188. Realising that concerns are merely worries that haven't been prayed

189. My son has plans to play cricket with me tomorrow

190. There are so many ideas I want to write about

191. Knowing when I feel rejected that I'm loved by God who never rejects

192. Blessed to again be called, 'pastor'

193. Blessed in the knowledge that I don't need to be called, 'pastor'

194. Thankful that a key ministry relationship is shored up

195. Wonderful to see growth in a particular person

196. Inspired by a couple's journey - they celebrated a milestone today

197. My wife works so hard, and apart from tiredness, never complains

198. For tenacity - I don't give up easily

199. For plans I discussed with my son tonight - to change the oil in a car together

200. My mother loves my Dad so much - she is doing things that scare her to care for him

201. Realising in order to be grateful, it helps if I do something or interact with someone

202. Fixing something that was broken for two years took just initiative and effort

203. Packing house, I realise I'm blessed with so many (perhaps too many) material memories

204. In doing work I don't enjoy God makes a way for me to enjoy it

205. In reminders of failure, there are fresh learning opportunities

206. A bloated tummy is a sign of a full belly

207. An appropriate laugh shared by reflecting on family dynamics

208. Realising I don't need to look back anymore if I don't want to

209. Nathanael's memory piqued by a song

210. Instead of not enough time, spoilt by choice

211. Computer updates can be annoying, but whilst I waited, I reviewed historical documents

212. Prompted to attend to administrative things I wouldn't have otherwise

213. Birth Certificate - made myself aware of details I should know (father's birthplace!)

214. The pleasure it is to write

215. To study an ancient church father - Chrysostom

216. Cuddles with my wife

217. What a gloriously sunny morning

218. Making lunch for my wife

219. Realising I'm tending toward fear and arresting it

220. Realising gratitude is better than complaint

221. Thought of coffee on our first errand for the day

222. Free meningococcal immunisation for son

223. Realising waiting invites patience

224. Realising the power of ONE - in a world in love with numbers

225. Getting rid of clutter (dead batteries)

226. Receiving my free copy of Unofficial Chaplain

227. Realising the antidote to frustration is gratitude

228. Realising that busyness facilitates frustration

229. Realising that patience reminds us to slow down

230. Realising gratitude could be the antidote to many ills

231. Realising gratitude wards against worry

232. Realising gratitude rewires the brain positively

233. For the therapy of a physiotherapy friend who can give discounts, plus great care

234. For friends who genuinely care

235. For the purpose wired into my heart

236. Realising that to seek is to take the journey forward positively

237. Circumstances that could frustrate are cut off; the brain is already working in gratitude mode

238. For the fly buzzing around me, reminding me I don't need to be annoyed by it

239. An engaging chat with Henry who picked up the lounge

240. How biting one's own tongue puts me in touch with the delicate wiring of my nervous system

241. Fresh bread, butter and cheese in a sandwich. Thank you for bakers and dairies

242. For tiredness, which is the blessed invitation to rest

243. Becoming aware of those sneaking 'shark' thoughts

244. Realising the link between gratitude and humility

245. Appreciating the engineering mind in my son

246. The image outside of lawn to be mowed; what it will look like when it's done

247. A free mind is enjoyable

248. Great to see my son drinking a lot of water and running outside

249. I can see the progress being made

250. How easy it is to pray to God

251. Invited to watch son's television show with him

252. Realising seeking gratitude challenges my mindset when I'm anything but grateful

253. For the physical world where all is predictable, yet nothing is

254. Thought to ride to the park

255. Choosing to praise God for the warm temperature

256. Realising that looking within, not without, is the key to this gratitude thing

257. Thinking fondly on my daughters

258. Life is never boring

259. A great thing it is to realise self-control is about staying the moment

260. Good to get bad news and watch my sinful heart respond

261. Good to meet resistance in the role of parent with patience

262. Good that my pride is tested - to see how putrid my heart is

263. Good when things don't go 'my way', because that's the only time I can respond in a godly way

264. An emergency averted

265. Wife's interest in the garden

266. Oh, to be alive - the risk, the return, the fear, the failure - all in abundance

267. So thankful for my marriage - working in the conflict within other couple's marital lives

268. Conflict abounds, yet I can still be content

269. One moment in time - thankful for that song

270. God, You give and You take away - praise Your holy name for both!

271. Numbers... praising You for numbers... numbers that build pressure

272. Music that inspires and makes me want to be more

273. Energy, especially at 9pm

274. Hopes for a solution in a particular conflict

275. For my wife's tenacity with online insurance

276. For my son's acceptance of an early night for poor behaviour

277. A day's work tomorrow - it will be hard work, but it is work

278. For a good boss

279. Interactions tomorrow that are God ordained

280. Reading a very sad story makes me grateful for my life and relationships

281. For a mobile phone that gives me immediate access to my world

282. The little book my son 'wrote' for me

283. The little home my son has made for his cuddle friends

284. For the work that is done and no longer needs doing

285. Great to have the 'luxury' of time, but don't waste it!

286. Thankful for the relationship I have with a certain person who was once an enemy

287. Happy for the hope in my heart I can get to 300 by 'close of play'

288. Great to see response from son when harassed by an older child in a playground

289. Love our rides to the park

290. Thankful son is learning to count-on and subtract

291. For texture of food

292. For symmetry in the written word

293. Modern camera technology

294. Son sleeps so well

295. Son's bowel movements

296. My wife's wisdom, for which I would suffer more if I didn't have access to it

297. We have two cars

298. That my sprained ankle isn't worse than it could have been

299. Great physio session today

300. Good feeling in my body after those back stretches

301. Nice... 301

302. Seriously want to be so committed to repentance

303. Can I desire not to get my own way?

304. The teary emotions I enjoy

305. My heart beats, I breathe, I am still alive - keep me alive until all my children are grown, Lord

306. So thankful my wife reads the fine print

307. I can do anything I put my mind to

308. For the new school we're enrolling our son in

309. Staff BBQ function tomorrow night

310. Been safe in this house since June 2015

25 January 2018

311. So value the vision given to me that far exceeds all of this

312. Really good to embrace the delay to progress ordained by one's peers

313. Actually, this (312) is the key to progress - really embracing it

314. Another morning - a fresh day of life on this earth

315. My son's imagination

316. When he drags me off to show me what he's made

317. The thought: what have I to be grateful for?

318. Noticing exactly what it is that God wants me to be aware of in the singular moment

319. Listening into people's public phone conversations when you cannot get away

320. Praying into 319's struggles

321. The computer updates: I didn't ask for them, but they came to me

322. Clean water today wherever I open a tap

323. Today is Friday. It's Thursday, but it's Friday!

324. Broken the beginning of year funk

325. Thankful for brother-in-law's new lease on life

326. Happy today to know God - refine me further, Lord, make me cleaner of thought, word and deed

327. For the staff here at McDonald's

328. When I'm aware of the truth of my thoughts

329. How words nourish me in my mind, heart and soul

330. Sun beaming through reminds me to be thankful for warmth

331. Realising that the things I don't like have a lining of gratitude begging to be understood

332. Time. When it is in abundance

333. Dirt under my fingernails

334. Off to work I go

335. Praying large sign would be fitted and posts solid

336. Arriving at work safely, before start time

337. #335 prayer answered...

338. Grace given to me to accept something said that could've been unfair

339. Feeling my mind is working acceptably well

340. Feeling doubly, triply grateful for my good wife!

341. My wife is fair and just

342. A lack of recognition helps me understand how hopeless I am without God

343. The desire to one return to the fullest vision of health, but not perfection

344. Good heart responses to changes in plans

345. Privilege to pray for two sisters in Christ

346. Thankful my father's knee operation was completed a week ago

347. Realising that this list is only the means; the end is the mindset God puts me into when my subconscious mind is working on gratitude

348. Looking forward to returning home, though sore

349. Realising this life is so busy that it's easy not to try - though I will not stop trying

350. Realising nobody can take anything from me that God chooses not to give.

351. Home cooked meals

352. Glad of the things I don't know, and gladder still to know it

353. Dinner at home with family and dinner out with friends

354. I want to do the dishes

355. Thankful to have an important chat with somebody I've been praying to have for some time

356. Nice to be recognised for something I do to encourage people

357. Lovely to enjoy a night out with people I'm only beginning to get to know

358. For the joy my wife gets from watching River Cottage

359. The joy I experience following Western Australia cricket

360. Bless the Lord O My Soul, a song for the heart in such a season

361. That I have the freedom to do so many things I want to do

362. The two or three adult lives I've lived (1st marriage, single dad, 2nd marriage)

363. For the phone call just now with Mum about Dad's knee

364. The heat pack applied to my lower back

365. For the fact that 100 Reasons is always a stretch

366. For the hope that I will really institutionalise gratitude

367. For the idea I can and should do 10,000 Reasons indefinitely

368. Tough conversations that need to be had - thank You, Lord

369. Hoping to do anything I can to support people take responsibility for their lives

370. Realising that I really do want God to get His own way

371. Wanting this to be tedious so I'm prepared to pay a good price for gratitude

372. No matter if nobody reads this

373. Would it be okay if this ended tonight - short of target? Yes

374. Nothing to be grateful for, but for the fact I'm still looking

375. Waiting is bliss when you know the point of it

376. Imagining the wonder of God's gracious Presence in suffering

377. For tiredness, not far from bed

378. The creep of sleep and trust that God will wake us again

379. Calendars and diaries help us structure our lives.

380. 4 sugary drinks tonight - a treat

381. Purposes for the morrow

382. Realising there are appropriate things to add here (and inappropriate)

383. Intimate time with my wife

384. I have slept with my wife in our bed nearly every night of our married lives

385. The fact I can see through glass

386. Hopes for a future I believe in

387. Truly fortunate to have 4 degrees

388. Proud of daughter 1 for accepting her university offer

389. Would be equally proud of her if she had not have

390. Weeties and sultanas with milk

391. God sustained my body again today

392. Realising that while physical labour my give us more tangible results, it also brings pressure and stress regarding others and when see those results

393. Weeding done

394. Conversation with Luke today - lost everything in the wake of the Paris crash

395. The house our son made

396. The design of this house - great houses in this country

397. The possibility that the future could be brighter than the present

398. About to go to bed

399. Yep, eyes wait to be closed

400. Pray that the opportunity will come to mow the lawns

26 January 2018

401. Son wakes early and my 'great!' reminds me to be great-ful!

402. Thought of the dream I was having

403. Cuddles in bed together

404. Assisting my wife by starting the computer

405. Opportunity to assist a relative financially

406. At least three opportunities to respond in frustration, but didn't

407. Working together with my wife and son to set up a garage sale

408. Allow son to help move the cars

409. Hearing wife and son engage with each other

410. Thought of a weekend away

411. Hardest thing being many little things to do - good to be busy

412. Birds tweeting

413. Sunny day

414. Time to reflect this weekend

415. The way my wife uses Gumtree

416. Son playing and singing to himself

417. Feeling empowered in a busy season of life

418. Accepting the things I cannot change

419. About ten times resisted seeking comfort for faith

420. Not one argument packing the car

421. Worked together, balancing the complexities in faith

422. Appreciating the cooling breeze

423. Patient when the breeze dies down

424. Cricket on the television even at a caravan park site

425. Appreciating the science of setting a caravan up

426. Family times

427. Son enjoying his new little bed

428. Thought of going for a swim

429. Thanking God for life in this country

430. For the aboriginal people - thank You for them Lord

431. For the neighbour's music- Queen, John Farnham

432. Facilities to do the lunch dishes

433. For the receptionist's joy

434. The fact we can survive without forgotten items

435. Back in better order today

436. For wisdom provided in responding to a precarious email

437. God, You truly are great!

438. When family get on with things without me

439. For thoughts of delivering chilled meals to this site

440. Memories of Yvonne W at #148

441. Thought of the power of faith and resilience

442. The diligence with which my wife applies sunscreen to our son

443. For sisters and brothers in law

444. Swimming to loosen the body up

445. Cool body on hot day

446. Being splashed by surprise

447. Accepting the fickleness of life

448. Keeping the children safe

449. 3 cousins playing together

450. Being man enough to do the hard thing with a smile

451. Watching children manage their own relationships

452. Feeling sore yet satisfied in my body

453. Appreciating mathematics

454. Privilege of showering my son

455. For vegemite sausages

456. For the cooling evening breeze

457. Significance of numbers

458. For the many things I don't appreciate

459. Awkward moments managed well or poorly

460. For the things I want but cannot have

461. Times God shows me myself when things go too well or poorly

462. Wonder for what the morrow holds

463. Missing my first and second family in good prayerful ways

464. Realising the only value in life rests in the hard circumstance

465. Realising the imposter that triumph is

466. The book of Ecclesiastes

467. Tiredness - what a beautiful thing rest is

468. Watching my son in his little room

469. Realising that though we have capacity for change, we cannot ourselves change

470. Reading bedtime stories

471. Thought of a quiet night

472. Realising that great is life, too great at times

473. Realising we can change only ourselves, and still there's that thorn in our side

474. The enormity of this challenge

475. Sitting peacefully, enjoying another person's music - whatever he plays

476. Learning about a camp Weber BBQ

477. Appropriate autonomy in children

478. Massaging my wife's feet and back