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                                                        Mary

           Reminds us that we need to find a moment to

    ponder the events of that sacred night in Bethlehem
 In that moment we celebrate the miracle of Christ's birth, and  

                          the gift that Heaven gave.     

                                                      ~Emily Freeman

Thomas Kinkade

"Gratitude is not precisely the same thing as optimism.  It's more the attitude that makes optimism possible.  It is essentially a habit of thinking, away of understanding who we are and what happens in our lives."~Thomas Kinkade

I am finding the more I strive to look at life with a grateful heart the happier I am and the more content I feel with the circumstances I have in my life.  Instead of hating having to get up early to take my boys to early morning seminary finding that I love seeing the sunrise and having time to write in my morning pages.  I am finding that gratitude is helping me cherish the moments of my life.