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— Joseph Addison

Be Thankful

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Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations,
because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary,
because it means you’ve made a difference.

It’s easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who
are also thankful for the setbacks.
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
and they can become your blessings.

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The Beggar’s Bowl

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beggarAn emperor was coming out of his palace for his morning walk when he met a beggar. He asked the beggar, “What do you want?”

The beggar laughed and said, “You are asking me as though you can fulfill my desire!”

The king was offended. He was a powerful and rich king with every earthly good at his disposal. He said, “Of course I can fulfill your desire. What is it? Just tell me.”

The beggar said, “It is a very simple desire. You see this begging bowl? Can you fill it with something?”

The emperor said, “Of course!” He called one of his advisors and told him, “Fill this man’s begging bowl with money.” The advisor went and got some money and poured it into the bowl, and it disappeared. And he poured more and more, and the moment he would pour it, it would disappear. And the begging bowl remained always empty.

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A Lesson in “HEART”

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A lesson in “heart” is my little 10 year old daughter, Sarah, who was born with a muscle missing in her foot, and wears a brace all the time. She came home one beautiful spring day and told me she had competed in “field day”–that’s where they have lots of races and other competitive events.

Because of her leg support, my mind raced as I tried to think of encouragement for my Sarah, things I could say to her about not letting this get her down, but before I could get a word out, she said, “Daddy, I won two of the races!”

I couldn’t believe it! And then Sarah said, “I had an advantage.” Ah, I knew it, I thought she must have been given a head start….some special privilege due to wearing a brace.

Sarah said, “But Daddy, I didn’t get a head start; my advantage was that I had to work harder than the others!”

– Source Unknown

No One Wonders

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Ink and Quill … if a dead man is raised to life, all men spring up in astonishment. Yet every day one that had no being is born, and no man wonders, though it is plain to all, without doubt, that it is a greater thing for that to be created which was without being than for that which had being to be restored. Because the dry rod of Aaron budded, all men were in astonishment; every day a tree is produced from the dry earth, … and no man wonders …Five thousand men were filled with five loaves; … every day the grains of seed that are sown are multiplied in a fullness of ears, and no man wonders. All … wondered to see water once turned into wine. Every day the earth’s moisture, being drawn into the root of the vine, is turned by the grape into wine, and no man wonders. Full of wonder then are all the things which men never think to wonder at, because … they are by habit become dull to the consideration of them.

–Gregory the Great, (540-604) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 590-604
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