30 Days to Live -- Day 14
What a great reminder today about being grateful for the incredible life we have. We should NEVER take the little things for granted, or the people in our lives. Listen to these thoughts --
"Gratitude expands our hearts. We become fully aware of the details of the life we love, the simple things that delight us, and, perhaps most of all, the people God has placed in our lives. Simply stated, gratitude expands our capacity to enjoy life."
"Ingratitude has the opposite effect. It causes our hearts to shrink and become colder. It blocks the flow of God's wisdom and blessings in our lives. In fact, the opposite of a heart of gratitude is a heart of dissatisfaction, grumbling, complaints, and negativity."
"If you only had one month to live, you'd want to make the most of it. To laugh and fully engage with the people you love. To appreciate the little things, the ones that might seem silly to others but that delight your soul, and to give God thanks for allowing you to experience them."
..............Speaking of "laugh and fully engage with the people you love"..... the other morning I was in bed looking at Karen as she slept. She woke up and saw me watching her. She said, "What?" I said, "Nothing, I'm just observing you in your natural habitat"..... she kicked me three times...... playfully...... I think. That might seem "silly to others", but it "delights my soul".
Don't let today go by without stopping to thank God for the small things that make life beautiful. Take the time to make a list of five or six little things that you often take for granted.
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