Gratitude Can Be
- Apr 22, 2022
- 5 min read
Updated: Mar 20, 2025
Praise
Thanks
Wonder
A choice
Savoring
An action
Rejoicing
Being glad
A lifestyle
A quiet joy
Recognition
Appreciation
Gratefulness
Thankfulness
Thanking God
Thanksgiving
A way of life
Heaven itself
Like a magnet
A sign of hope
Acknowledgement
Gratefulness to
Infinite praise
The root of joy
A flowing stream
A humble emotion
Appreciativeness
Gratefulness for
Present-oriented
Gratefulness that
The smile of love
A gladness of soul
A spiritual heaven
A twin to humility
An overflowing joy
Counting blessings
The seedbed of joy
Fathoming abundance
Giving glory to God
The energy of faith
The greatest prayer
The law of increase
A species of justice
The great multiplier
A feeling of fullness
The antidote to fears
Counting our blessings
A fountain of blessings
A sign of true religion
Extending favor towards
The antidote for misery
The heart of friendship
The heart of the gospel
The memory of the heart
The sign of noble souls
A beginning of greatness
A gift we give ourselves
A function of perspective
A prized human propensity
An expression of humility
A seasoning to our actions
The cheerfulness of wisdom
The heart’s first language
The open door to abundance
The ultimate joy of living
A soil on which joy thrives
Giving thanks in everything
Happiness doubled by wonder
The key that unlocks wonder
A discipline, not an emotion
A fruit of great cultivation
Thanking someone in our life
The basic Christian attitude
A sustenance that strengthens
Not taking things for granted
A universal religious sentiment
A form of returning love to God
An antidote to negative emotions
An opener of locked-up blessings
Being thankful and appreciative
Giving grace, favor, or kindness
Thankfulness expressed in action
What starts the receiving process
A lively sense of benefits to come
A flower that blooms in noble souls
A pleasure that exceeds description
A universal core character strength
The most exquisite form of courtesy
An essential part of the act of worship
Looking at the bright side of a setback
What defines our happiness and humanity
The inward feeling of kindness received
An offering precious in the sight of God
The ability to experience life as a gift
The antidote to bitterness and resentment
Medicine for a heart devastated by tragedy
Finding in every hour some heavenly blessings
The miracle cure for every moment of dis-ease
The response we should have to something good
A kind of metastrategy for achieving happiness
The attitude that sets the altitude for living
A hard fought, grace infused biblical lifestyle
A virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it
The fairest blossom which springs from the soul
Thank God for the earthly things He provides to us
A quality that makes us stand out in a positive way
Recognizing the receipt of someone else's generosity
Something justly due for things got without purchase
The closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion
Not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift
Thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received
One of the conduits by which our wealth will come to us
A sentiment of kindness or good will towards a benefactor
Readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness
An astoundingly reliable, immediate way of becoming present
An emotion of the heart, excited by a favor or benefit received
The natural impulse to express the feeling of kindness received
A neutralizer of envy, avarice, hostility, worry, and irritation
The richest, most joyful feeling we are privileged to experience
The fairest and most fragrant blossom which springs from the soul
A recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment
A duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect
One of the simplest yet most powerful things we can do for each other
Looking on the brighter side of life, even if it means hurting our eyes
Finding something to be grateful for, no matter how bad the situation is
One of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside
The realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment
A duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal
A right estimate of our relationship to God, to others, and to life itself
A virtue that shapes not only emotions and thoughts but also actions and deeds
The joy that arises in response to God's good will toward us in all his gifts
The single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life
To give goodness and grace to others, as the giver has first received from God
One of the most accurate ways of finding the presence of God in a person's life
Not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness
The combination of appreciation, love, kindness, and compassion in a beautiful heart
A prayer of an appreciating heart for the great gift of life and its endless treasures
A two-fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest
To extend the joy of receiving to others and God through gestures of kindness and goodness
An offering that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it
One of the chief graces of human existence, crowned in heaven with a consciousness of unity
Not only a response to God in good times - it's ultimately the very will of God in hard times
The proper or called-for response in a beneficiary to benefits or beneficence from a benefactor
A dynamic principle, one that makes us realize what we still have, even after so much has been taken
The recognition that no one is a solitary achiever, no one has accumulated success or wealth unaided
A foundation for the development of prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being
Not only a celebration when good things happen, but a declaration that God is good no matter what happens
The beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant
A virtue of the highest excellence, as it implies a feeling and generous heart, and a proper sense of duty
An acknowledgment of God's generosity that inspires us to shape our thoughts and actions around such ideals
The real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors our world
A virtue which, according to the general apprehension of mankind, approaches more nearly than almost any other social virtue to justice
The proper response for the absolute astonishment of getting to be alive, and aware, and an essential part of this crazy, sprawling story
The intention to count-our-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that we need or deserve different circumstances
A feeling of appreciation (or similar positive response) by a recipient of another's kindness, gifts, help, favors, or other form of generosity to the giver of such gifts
A warm sense of appreciation for somebody or something, a sense of goodwill toward that person or thing, and a disposition to act that flows from appreciation and goodwill
A second pleasure, one that prolongs the pleasure that precedes and occasions it, like a joyful echo of the joy we feel, a further happiness for the happiness we have been given
A sense of thankfulness and joy in response to receiving a gift, whether the gift be a tangible benefit from a specific other or a moment of peaceful bliss evoked by natural beauty
An agreeable emotion, consisting in or accompanied with good will to a benefactor, and a disposition to make a suitable return of benefits or services, or when no return can be made, with a desire to see the benefactor prosperous and happy