Richelle Goodrich Quotes

Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It is easy to say I am thankful for the sweet and beautiful things in life: flower gardens, ice cream cones, diamond rings, dances under moonlight, children’s laughter, birdsongs, and the like. The challenge is recognizing things of value in the dark, sour, uglier parts of life. But if you look hard enough, you will find that even tough times offer pearls worthy of gratitude.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gratitude possesses all the energy of a sunbeam. That is how it makes life blossom.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Night helps us appreciate daylight, while lengthy days make us yearn for a good stretch of night.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Oh what marvels fill me with thanksgiving!The deep mahogany of a leaf once green. The feathered fronds of tiny icicles coating every twig and branch in a wintry landscape. The feel of goosebumps thawing after endured frozen temperatures. Both hands clamped around a hot mug of herbal tea. The aromatic whiff of mint under my nose. The stir of emotion from a child's cry for mommy. A gift of love detached of strings. Spotted lilies collecting raindrops in a cupped clump of petals. The vibrant mélange of colors on butterfly wings. The milky luster of a single pearl. Rainbows reflecting off iridescence bubbles. Awe-struck silence evoked by any form of beauty.Avocado flecks in your eyes.Warm hands on my face.Sweetness on the tongue.The harmony of voices.An answered prayer.A pink balloon.A caress.A smile.More.These have become my treasures by virtue of thanksgiving.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I am grateful for hands to tickle with. Not so grateful for that process in reverse, however.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gratitude doesn't change the scenery.  It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gratitude is the real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors our world.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You were formed inside a borrowed womb—a nourishing safe haven for months—then delivered through painful effort and sacrifice by a woman willing to give you the precious gift of life. That truth alone deserves your gratitude and respect.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write.I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you're dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell it, and don't trust anyone who tries to sway you otherwise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures like a wild and free stallion. So hold on.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A daydreamer is a writer just waiting for pen and paper.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I love snowflakes simply for the reason that each one is unique—nonidentical to zillions of crystalized counterparts.  It's a difficult notion to wrap your brain around, and yet it reminds me that amidst the innumerable stories told throughout the ages, a distinctly new one rests on the tip of an author's pen.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Laugh as if it's funny, embrace as if it's love, and smile anyway.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper, twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There is a sky full of stars aplenty, and all you can babble about is a cold, little rock we call the moon. This is how it is with petty problems that exist too close to us.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Sometimes a problem isn’t really a problem but the solution in disguise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated as a calculus equation.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Patience is seeing each step as a journey rather than seeing a journey as a thousand steps.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Personal problems appear big because we press our nose to the glass to observe them. This only serves to magnify our troubles. The problems of others we tend to view at a reasonable distance from the window, making their woes and bothers appear ordinary. Too bad we don't naturally take a few steps back before considering our own plight.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't understand why when I wish for happiness it inevitably rains. However, I do tend to find myself grateful for sunlight once the storm ceases.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Five truly effective prescriptions to remedy a bad day. (You can't overdose.)—Pray; discuss your troubles with God.—List your blessings. (The blue sky, soft cookies, warm socks, etc.)—Call your mom.—Visit an animal shelter and hug a lonely cat.—Visit a nursing home and hug a lonely grandparent.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Yes, happiness is dependent upon misery. For we all feel a swell of happiness after our circumstances improve from a misery recently suffered.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Real? Real depends upon your perspective, Annabelle. People never see life exactly the same way. The world is what you think it is.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I am grateful for the rare opportunities to look at my circumstances from a higher perspective, one detached from the dim outlook I normally insist on seeing. These periodic glimpses show me life's grandeur.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The place where you continually return for love and acceptance—that's home.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Nothing else has the power to calm, comfort, and care for you better than home.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Your body and spirit, subconscious and conscious—every portion of you recognizes home.  That is why on the moment of arrival, your entire being relaxes into a contented puddle of joy.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There are those who fear the sunset, worried they will never see light again. There are those who ignore the sunrise, squandering dawn, believing they will never run out of daylight. And then there are those who have learned to live in the sun's warmth, gauging time by its positions, thankful at night that the day happened. Be aware of time. Use it wisely. Be thankful for the light allotted.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Beware of giggle grins, they are highly contagious.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I love happy people, they’re like smile magnets.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I can't force your lips to smile, but I can show them how easily mine do.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich