Grateful

"I'll begin and I'll end each day with a thankful prayer and a grateful heart"
Muppets Christmas Carol

You? I do. Morning often brings a new struggle. Bedtime reminds me how sick I am. Working at gratefulness has to be a habit or I'd be nutty. Kind thoughts from friends over the last couple of days is very encouraging.  Thank you! Your words are important to me.

Grateful, thankful and happy live together, I think.  This lesson fell flat regularly with my kids and I wonder if I just didn't do it well. Faults and problems are so much easier to see after all.  When I came across the Muppet Christmas the music caught me.  That funny little song reminds me to look for and remember all the good things God gives. A toddler singing,  a beautiful flower,  a hug from an old friend,  a good meal, or a ride to wherever could be overlooked but these are the sorts of things that make life real and good. 

Some days giving thanks with a grateful heart is very difficult. I'm committed.  How about you?