Saturday 20th February
Colossians 1:3
We always pray for you and give thanks to God
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Be grateful you not have all that you desire,
if you did what would there be to look forward to?
– unknown
It is not “having” or “not having” that makes us happy or unhappy,
but our relationship to the things we have and do not have;
it is the way we choose to respond to “having” or “not having”.
If we can respond to each with appreciation and gratitude;
if we can respond to the fortune of others by being pleased for them,
rather than with envy or jealousy – that will bring happiness.
If we can be happy for other people in what they have and enjoy,
we will find a greater appreciation and joy in our own.
So as well as being thankful for what we have,
let us also be thankful for what others have that we do not,
and rejoice in their fortune and our own.
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