Grace & Gratitude

 

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"You say grace before meals.

All right.

But I say grace before the play and the opera,

And grace before the concert and the pantomime,

And grace before I open a book,

And grace before sketching, painting,

Swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing;

And grace before I dip the pen in the ink."

-G.K. Chesterson

"It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich." 

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I don't know why we're kind of delinquent on our holidays this year.

Our tree isn't up, and I haven't listened to even a jingle of Christmas music yet.

Though this is the plan when I do.
If you like, find a great Christmas playlist here.

While you do that, I'm still finding inspiration in the ideas surrounding Thanksgiving.
The above quotes are a couple thoughts I've been loving lately.  
I came across the G.K. Chesterson quote in Real Simple (of all places), and the Bonhoeffer quote from a letter my dear friend Alison sent.
Some new favorites.