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Top : Parents Corner : Moments For Mom : Vol. 2005 Issue 06 ~ June Vol. 2005 Issue 06 ~ June~ Elisabeth CorcoranI heard someone say recently that if you want to be more joyful, you need to start with simply being grateful. That makes so much sense. Joy comes in part through a contentment in where you're at in each aspect of your life, and becoming content flows from an awareness of what you already have. So one afternoon recently, I gave myself an assignment - it was simply to stop what I was doing and sit for 5 minutes and write down as many things that came to my mind that I love about my life or life in general. Here was my list: * The feel of the sun on my face on a not-too-hot-day And then when the time was up, I was driven to write: You can do this --- you can carve out 5 minutes and write down everything good thing in your life that you can think of. Or, if you really can't find 5 minutes --- put a blank sheet of paper on your kitchen counter first thing one morning, then every time you walk past it during the day, stop and jot down two or three quick things. Then at the end of that day, glance over that list. And take another minute or two to thank God for your personalized joy list. "It will be a foretaste of heaven to us here below, if we are able to thank God for all His infinite goodness with all our heart." -Ottokar Prohaszka- * Elisabeth K. Corcoran, 2005 Submitted on : 1-Jun-2005 Top : Parents Corner : Moments For Mom : Vol. 2005 Issue 06 ~ June |
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