Thought I'd start a thread of quotes you have found helpful/inspirational... I opened a book to read to my baby granddaughter and found several... Here's one:
A Sure Way To a Happy Day
Happiness is something
we create in our mind,
It's not something you search for
And so seldom find--
It's just waking up
And beginning the day
By counting our blessings
and kneeling to pray--
It's giving up thoughts
that breed discontent
And accepting what comes
as a "gift heaven-sent"
It's giving up wishing
for things we have not
And making the best of
whatever we've got--
It's knowing that life
is determined for us,
And pursuing our tasks
without fret, fume or fuss--
For it's by completing
what God gives us to do
That we find real contentment
and happiness, too.
Helen Steiner Rice
A Sure Way To a Happy Day
Happiness is something
we create in our mind,
It's not something you search for
And so seldom find--
It's just waking up
And beginning the day
By counting our blessings
and kneeling to pray--
It's giving up thoughts
that breed discontent
And accepting what comes
as a "gift heaven-sent"
It's giving up wishing
for things we have not
And making the best of
whatever we've got--
It's knowing that life
is determined for us,
And pursuing our tasks
without fret, fume or fuss--
For it's by completing
what God gives us to do
That we find real contentment
and happiness, too.
Helen Steiner Rice
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