Gratefulness, even in the darkness
“Thankfulness creates gratitude which generates contentment that causes peace.” –Todd Stocker I found this quote a few weeks ago around the time of the American celebration of Thanksgiving and it led me to posting it on Twitter, as well as following it up with a couple of other points in my own words: "… and when that thankfulness is directed towards God, the resulting deep peace is truly God-given... Thankfulness/gratitude expressed through praise of God, in the midst of suffering, even as tears flow = tough, but such a source of blessing." These thoughts reminded me of a website that I look up from time to time, gratefulness.org and one of the leaders of the Gratefulness movement Brother David Steindl-Rast osb (Benedictine). The same day as my Twitter posts (Dec. 2nd) my sister in New Orleans posted the following on one of her blogs (wholiness.wordpress.com) in 2 articles: "Nature’s beauty can be easily missed — but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s ...