Gratitude

Gratitude...

"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." --Melody Beattie from Me to We by Craig & Marc Kielburger. 

"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven." --Johannes A. Gaertner from Me to We by Craig & Marc Kielburger 

Thank You for the rain...I loved listening to the pitter patter, drip drop rush. 

 Thank You, also, for a roof over my head so I can listen to the rain in comfort...

A prayer taken from my Pastor to begin this season of Lent: 

O Lord Christ….

You are the light of the world truly, but also the light for each of us on our particular paths.  Sometimes we long for more, whether it be money, fame, influence, or ‘meaning’ in our work.  Sometimes we want to run away from it all.  May this Lenten season enable us to hear your voice with greater clarity, so that our yes’s, or no’s, and our silent waiting are all bathed in the peace of knowing that we’re in your will.  And we will thank you for the fruit of peace that comes only when our ambitions are aligned with yours.

Amen…