Gratitude Leads to Happiness

It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes us happy. – Brother David Steindl-Rast Let go: Spend time today thinking about all that you are grateful for. Start over: How do you feel after focusing on gratitude? Move forward: Focusing on gratitude offers powerful emotional and psychological benefits. It helps shift…

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Starting Over, One Day at a Time

By Emily Grant I never imagined how quiet a house could feel until the movers drove away and I was left standing in a kitchen that didn’t smell like home. My husband’s job brought us here—a small town in the Pacific Northwest, where it rains more days than not and people seem to have known…

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Running on Fumes

A prayer by Kate Bowler Dear Lord, I am running on fumes again. I am burning the candle on both ends and can’t stop because it feels like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. The responsibilities and duties that fall on me are too much. There is not enough time or energy…

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