“The best way to show our gratitude to God and to people is to accept everything with joy.” —Mother Teresa
Most of us depend on sunshine. We complain when a beautiful day is dampened with showers or fog. Yet we couldn’t survive without fresh water to drink and to nourish crops. Showers of sweet water and great banks of fog are blessings; but we have a hard time remembering that fact after about the third day of gray weather. Today, take some time to express gratitude for your world as it is, rather than how you might like it to be.
Start by finding some quiet time to meditate to find peace with yourself. After you complete your meditation, in that still space, find at least one quality of value or beauty in your life. Everyone can find one, even if it is only this moment of peace you have created with your meditation. Now remind yourself that you can’t control what happens in the outside world, but you can choose to bring beauty to your inner life.
