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One Thousand Gifts

At the conclusion of our Women's Retreat at the beginning of April I decided to read One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are   It's been a slow read, as in a chapter every few nights.  Not because it's a hard read, but because it's the exact words that I have been needing in my heart for a good while.  It's helping me find joy again. It's helping me see Christ in all things and helping me to trust Him in all things. Last night I read the chapter where the author discovers that any change you want to make in your life requires a plan and practice.  In order to live eucharisto (thanksgiving)  she must practice finding it and living it every day.  Everyday she adds things she is thankful for to her list (which started on the back of her kids' drawing of St. Patrick!).  And for the moments that just don't have words, she takes a photograph. As I finished the chapter I felt a strong call to start a list for myself. But I am...