Gratitude Journal

Changing My World…One Attitude at a Time

Never judge the gift by the package

A lovely story, I thought worth sharing…
GINGHAM DRESS
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun
threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston , and walked timidly
without an appointment into the Harvard University President’s outer
office.
The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks
had no business at […]

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Do You Believe in Easter?

Happy Easter Everyone! This is an email I wanted to share. Enjoy! Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite […]

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….in the backwoods of Brown County

I have so many things to be grateful for. Timing is everything. Sweetie and I moved to the backwoods of Brown County Indiana in 2002. We sold our beautiful condo in Elgin Illinois and headed southeast, feeling a little like the Beverly Hillbillies in reverse. This is how it happened…
My daughter(Mindy) from a previous marriage […]

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For One More Day

I just finished watching Oprah. I don’t watch Oprah too often, cause most the time I end up in tears. Today was no different. Mitch Albom was the guest today. I have a long history with Mitch Albom, not that I know him, because I don’t but I got acquainted wth him in the 90’s […]

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All Things Happen for a Reason

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I recieved this as an email and thought it worth sharing.
Beautiful story…. makes you understand that things happen for a reason
The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned
to their first ministry, to reopen a church
in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early October
excited about their opportunities. When they saw
their church, it was very run […]

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The Law of the Garbage Truck

I recieved this as an email and thought it worth sharing…enjoy!
Beware of Garbage Trucks
by David J. Pollay
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you’re the Terminator, for an instant you’re probably set back […]

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A Story of Two Friends

                 Among the trinkets and decorative items in a nineteen year old girls room, one stood out boldly- a bright green clay vase with ethnic colors and painted flowers round it. Not a perfect or a beautiful vase, this one is broken in several places. The owner of the vase has carefully mended it, but […]

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