"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. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existance into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
This is just a paragraph from the daily reading for August 1st. I have owned this book for about 12 years. I have spilled coffee on it, jotted down phone numbers in it and even left it outside over night to get rained on. It is somewhat torn and worn in places, yet I take it everywhere I go. It has been in a number of Provinces, 4 or 5 States and a few counties in Europe. It never loses it's appeal for me and I always find something to help my day better in it. I have read it through happy times and found more to celebrate. I have read it when my emotional pain was so bad it was visceral and found enough strength to continue another day.
Tonight I am grateful for my book.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011..............11:11p.m.
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