Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TecumsehRead
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
Interpretation
Expressing gratitude each morning enhances your appreciation for life.
This quote by Tecumseh emphasizes the importance of starting each day with gratitude. By recognizing and being thankful for the essential aspects of our existence, such as light, life, and strength, we cultivate a positive mindset that can lead to greater happiness and fulfillment throughout our day.
In practice
Sharing this quote at a morning meeting to inspire colleagues to start their day positively.
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
Since my residence at Tippecanoe, we have endeavored to level all distinctions, to destroy village chiefs, by whom all mischiefs are done. It is they who sell the land to the Americans.
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children; and he gave them strength and courage to defend them.
Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Happiness is an abstraction, it is a product of the imagination, it is a way of being moved, which depends entirely on our way of seeing and feeling.
There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.
Happiness is the death of the ego. If you want to remain a separate entity from existence as almost everybody is trying to do, you will be afraid of being blissful, cheerful. You will feel guilty in being blissful. You will feel suicidal because you are committing suicide on the psychological level, on the level of the ego.
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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