I have a beautiful blank book and each night before I go to bed, I write down five things that I can be grateful about that day. It's what I call a daily gratitude journal. Some days my list will be filled with amazing things, most days just simple joys. "The day passed by without any bad news. I saw some great paintings and panorama this afternoon, and I remembered how much I love arts. I quarreled with someone about something but it didn't last for 4 hours. I was feeling grumpy but I was reminded that the Lord on His throne, is watching over me from heaven, He is thinking about me."

Other days--rough ones---I might think that I don't have five things to be grateful for, so I'll write down my basics: my health, my family-their health, my pets, my home, my friends, and the comfortable bed that I'm about to get into, as well as the fact that the day's over. That's okay. Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the reccuring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only survive but surmount our difficulties. ü