“I learned that the best feeling I would ever have is the gratitude of the joy of living. Better and deeper than any other feeling; it is perhaps the genesis of all other really good feelings in the human repertoire after almost dying.”

--Lewis smedes, after almost dying

After the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and the plane in Pennsylvania, many of us thanked the Lord above for being alive and healthy and where we were at that time. Why does it take a tragedy or a brush with death to awaken your sense of gratitude? And what will it take for you to wake up and experience the joy available in this moment and be thankful for the ordinary everyday things of life?  Now is the time to adopt the attitude of gratitude for being alive and able to take in the world though all of your senses as well as being able to smile and caress your loved ones. Begin each day with this single thought “I’m going to have a great wonderful celubrious day.” Positive thoughts are the most powerful forces you will ever experience but they have little power at all when they are without action. If your thoughts are to have a great day and you take actions to have a great day, guess what? Yep! A great day is yours.  Don’t wait until you face death to cultivate gratefulness and to appreciate the feeling that gratitude can give you.

Random Reflections 

·       Do you love life? Then don’t squander time, for time is the stuff life is made of.

·       Better by far you should forget and smile, than that you should remember and be sad.

·       Death leaves a heart that won’t heal.  Love leaves a heart that no one can steal!

·       WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it only takes away today's PEACE. It is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but can't take you anywhere.

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 “That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”

--Emily Dickinson

It’s easy when you are lying on the beach with a full moon and a clear sky full of stars with the sound of the waves rolling ashore to give yourself over to being grateful. Gratitude is easy when life is good but not necessarily so when the going gets tough. A key to overcoming the rough times is to not obsess on past failures, illnesses, distractions or bad experiences but rather to focus on the present moment. When you are focusing on today, the past and the future will fade away and you can become alive in the moment. Enjoying each new day with each new experience and knowing it is yours to keep forever is what makes life so sweet. That mischievous deed, unique smile, look of awe, surprise, admiration or love that you have seen on your loved ones faces are precious and special moments that will never come again in the same way.  It is then; with much appreciation and gratitude you can add those sweet moments of joy to your memory jar. Someone once said, “Gloom is but a shadow and behind it and within your reach is joy; also in the darkness is radiance and you only have to look to see it.”

Random Reflections

·       When you run so fast to get somewhere you miss half the fun of getting there.
·       When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift---thrown away.       Life is not a race.  Do take it slower and hear the music before the song is over.

·       The best way to keep kids at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out of their tires.

“Celubrious” a celebration of life a gift for a friend that keeps on giving.

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