HOPE & THANKS

            Never give up hope. To do so is to give up on life.

            Hope, like love, is always there. When you think you are at your limit, you can't take anymore, a bit of hope glimmers through the darkness and makes the thought of tomorrow possible.

            Love and Hope go hand in hand. They are both gifts from God.

            When you wake up each day, be thankful for that simple act.

            When you see a rainbow in the sky after a thunderstorm, remember God's promise and be thankful.

            When you breath in the perfumed scent of a warm Spring morning, be thankful.

            ("Sunset" - 8/8/99 - Peggy Waters)

            When you see the magnificent and brilliant colors of the sunrise or sunset, be thankful.

            When you hear a child's laughter, be thankful.

            When you eat 'til your belly is full, be thankful.

            When you see a deer or a rabbit or a bird, be thankful for Nature.

            When you rise each morning and rest each night, be thankful that you passed another day on this earth with your family and friends.

            Be thankful for the tiniest things that we seem to take for granted, like the taste of coffee, the sound of rain on the roof, hot showers, ice cubes, the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking, the music nature makes when a breeze passes through gently swaying trees.

            Be thankful for all that God has given us.