"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)"To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all of our lives--the good as well as the bad, the joyful as well as the painful--is a sort of fairy-tale blessing. Yet this is precisely what the gospel asks. It asks us to let our lives be transformed by an unconditional gratitude that is not dependent on being happy or successful."
Henri Nouwen"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
Søren Kierkegaard"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you."
Augustine of Hippo, *Confessions*, Book I, Chapter 1"The more a man is united within himself and interiorly simple, the more and higher things does he understand without effort, for he receives the light of understanding from above."
Thomas à Kempis, *The Imitation of Christ*, Book I, Chapter 3If my soul finds no rest anywhere but in Him, what am I still looking for in the places I already know cannot give it?
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive--to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
Marcus Aurelius, *Meditations*, Book IIFog | 38°F | Humidity: 93% | Wind: ↑7 mph