"You really cannot make it happen; gratitude, like faith is given to you. It springs on you. It knocks the wind out of you just when everything seemed impossible.

Gratitude happens most often during suffering, loss, and other really hard stuff. It is the leading edge of joy. It happens when the big reality hits you. You have no more right to be loved than anyone else." (from Radical Hospitality)

Lord, make me an instrument of your mercy and peace . . . for the little boy with the dirty face and spider man shirt (Jan's blog) . . . for my own grandson . . . pouring cereal and milk . . . for each one.

For your mercy . . . Deo gratias!