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Grateful
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
~ Arthur Ashe
For some, being grateful comes easily (scientists have even identified an associated gene).
However, if you find gratitude challenging, don’t give up trying. Each day, find a moment to
consciously practice appreciation — even for something as simple as a glass of water. That
thought can stimulate the part of your brain that creates feelings of joy and pleasure, which ups
your overall capacity for gratitude. So next time you feel down, find something – anything – to
be grateful for and notice how this shift in focus changes your mood.
~Lorraine Miller; A Y ear of Daily Gratitude
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me ever to adore Thee; may I still Thy goodness prove,
While the hope of endless glory fills my heart with joy and love.
~Robert Robinson
“For this cause I bow my knees before the Father, from Whom every family in heaven and
on earth is named, that He would grant you according to the riches of His glory, that you may be
strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith; to the end that you being rooted and grounded in love, may be strong to
apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length, and height and depth, and to know
the love of Christ which passes all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fullness of
God” (Ephesians 3:14-19).
