The nuns say “If only I could serve God through a family, I could become holier faster”.

The grass is always greener…LOL

I highly recommend that book, BTW. I even buy extra copies and give them away at baby showers!

Of course, I’ve known for a long time that you can choose your attitude (for one thing, my mother told me that constantly when I was a teenager!) but it really hit me yesterday talking to my sister on the phone. We’ve both had some really rough times, and here we were on the phone getting all ready to play “if only…” (well, I was anyway, I can’t speak for my sister) and it hit me that a few years ago, our ‘if onlys’ would look an awful lot like our present situations. Things may get tight occasionally, but my husband has work, he enjoys it, and the bills all get paid…how many times did I say, only two years ago, “if only we had a steady income!”

Thanks for the reminder that gratitude makes all the difference between a rotten day and a good day.

Erika – great question. I think I’ll just do a separate post about that, look out for that soon. In the meantime, I listed some in this post about a year ago, though it’s somewhat outdated now. You also might like reading the comments to this post.

(You’re fast becoming one of my favorite blogs to visit daily. I’m so glad Will Duquette posted your link.)

* Sit down with your spouse for 5 minutes each day with a pencil and piece of paper for each.
* Each of you write down 5 things you are thankful for.
*Read your lists to each other.
* Say a 30 second prayer offering God thanks for what you wrote on your lists.

Do this each day for a couple of weeks and watch what happens.

You’ll be amazed.