COURAGE

Have courage for the great sorrows in life. And when you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.  Victor Hugo

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. It is also what  it takes to sit down and listen.  Winston Churchill

Courage is giving people the benefit of the doubt.

GRATITUDE

Enjoy the Seasons as they come and go.
Wake to every Summer morning with glorious anticipation whether sunshine or rain.
Listen to the birds having their morning conversation.
Enjoy the sounds of lawn mowers indicating the grass has grown.
Let every living plant and flower awaken your sense of wonder.
Listen to the wind rustling through the trees, creating an original melody.
Taste and savor the bounties of the earth as it brings forth its harvest.
Observe the daily change as the earth gives up its time of growth to bring rest to the fields.
Allow the beautiful colours of Autumn to nourish your spirit as if seeing them for the very first time.
Gaze with wonder every snowflake as they blanket the earth reminding us that;
"As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." Gen 8:22
....Ruth Roberts Johnstone