There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousand truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.
  -  Henry Ward Beecher

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. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.
        - Melody Beattie

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
     - Willie Nelson

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The page above is from the first draft of a new art journal I’m working on:

Love & Gratitude: Walking The Spiritual Path, Having Faith In A Spiritual Path