The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.
- Deborah Norville
Love, Mom, Which, Motherhood
What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.
- Deborah Norville
Happen, Benefits, Note, Attached
When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.
- Deborah Norville
Amazing, True, Happen, Amazing Things
There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.
- Deborah Norville
Trying, Framework, Provide, Stability
It is hard to get in the habit of forcing yourself to find three things on a regular basis that you are grateful for.
- Deborah Norville
Grateful, Three, Basis, Regular
Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.
- Deborah Norville
Children, Moments, May, Notice
I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.
- Deborah Norville
My Life, Goes, Opposed, Sensed
If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me.
- Deborah Norville
Work, Numbers, Like, Waist
The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life.
- Deborah Norville
Here, Lives, Our, Scripture
My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.
- Deborah Norville
Job, Television, Reporter, Anchor
I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday.
- Deborah Norville
Church, Sunday, Brought, Methodist
There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.
- Deborah Norville
Positive, Lives, Even, Situations
I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations.
- Deborah Norville
Curious, Want, Belong, Situations
So for years I kept mum about my passion for needle arts.
- Deborah Norville
About, Kept, Mum, Needle
It is important for women to know who they are, and to know what makes their hearts sing.
- Deborah Norville
Important, Know, Makes, Hearts
I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.
- Deborah Norville
Door, Think, Been, Acne
'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.
- Deborah Norville
Past, Go, Back, Repository
I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.
- Deborah Norville
Magic, New, Angles, Mundane
Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers.
- Deborah Norville
Thankful, Certainly, Innovative
When my mother passed away I was 20.
- Deborah Norville
Mother, Away, Passed
I'm about as straight an arrow as you'll find out there.
- Deborah Norville
Find, Straight, About, Arrow
So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.
- Deborah Norville
Big, Nothing, Like, Self-Help
There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.
- Deborah Norville
Happiness, Wealthy, Part, Dramatic
Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.
- Deborah Norville
Grateful, Faster, Recover, Trauma
I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.
- Deborah Norville
Fly, Think, Give, Wings
Religious people are happier.
- Deborah Norville
People, Religious People, Happier
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