“It’s impossible to be grateful and unhappy at the same moment in time. Any moment, hour, day, or week that you are unhappy, you have chosen to let your focus rest on something other than the gifts you have been given. Let your unhappiness serve as an alarm to redirect your focus and energy. If you want to increase your happiness, follow Solomon’s example: Make a list of all the things that you should be grateful for. Then, every time you notice unhappiness creeping into your thoughts, redirect your focus to those wonderful gifts”–Steven K. Scott, The Richest Man Who Ever Lived.
“The more you practice feeling grateful, the more grateful you become. Gratitude is a muscle you strengthen through daily use—an exercise, not an emotion. It’s not something you feel, but something you do. And like most things, the people who are best at it are the ones who do it even when they’re tired and worn out and don’t much feel like it”–Jeff Goins.
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We have so much to be thankful for, but we tend to take our blessings for granted. I love the Thanksgiving season because it does remind us to stop and think about all the things for which we should be thankful. We should all make a list of how God has blessed our lives and give thanks every day for these blessings. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
I wonder how many times our paper lists of blessings would wrap around the world? Is there even enough paper and ink to list? I love the following hymn, The Love of God, was shared by our Metairie Church Pastor, Jared Stacy, some time back.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
We have winners in the Millers. Thank you for the poignant poem!!!
“Every saint has a past and every sinner a future.” Oscar Wilde
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and the desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” E. B. White
“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm, but the harm does not interest them.” T. S. Eliot
On the view of Proverbs “Many Counselors” and why context is so important: “ If all the economist were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.” George Bernard Shaw
Blessings