Sunday, February 7, 2010

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.

-Ralph H. Blum

Give thanks in all things. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalms 100:4