My One Thousand Gifts

A Holy Experience

I thought it a perfect day to post my list of 1000 gifts

the Dare to Live Fully Right where I am

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here are the first 27

1.  Hope...

2.  family

3.  pink, orange, and blue sunsets

4.  God delights in me

5.  It's YOUR work and not mine

6.  beginnings, middles and inbetweens of sweet friendships

7.  there is ONE who can restore what the locusts have eaten

8.  rainbows after storms

9.  candles...especially "baked" smells..they are my favorite

10.  smell of my babies skin

11.  the beauty and depth of Scripture

12.  it could always be worse

13.  God is before and behind and on either side of me and family

14.  hot coffee

15.  daddy dances

16.  quote from Mr. Magoriums Emporium...

17.  fall leaves laying in the grass

18.  God still speaks

19.  tears

20.time travelers who have gone before

21.  wind sounds

22.  warmth from fires

23.  red and orange tree lined streets

24.  sunrises

25.  for the pain and challenge of our marriage

26.  that I can trust you

27.  brokenness..and the beauty that comes out of it

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.

~ brother david steindl-rast

Blessings from our family to yours today

Sources: Rejourney, Midnightchoas, Our Daily Light, De La Soul Me Myself and I