"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good." – Maya Angelou

Got home last night from Ireland feeling grateful.

For a loving family. For safe travels. For the hospitality shown to our little family from a small town in Illinois. For coworkers who covered for me while I was away. For a loving God who created such a wonderful world to visit and explore.

I like this quote about gratitude because it left me with the idea of being the starting place or initial building block for prayer and faith.

Being grateful is a great way to start anything.

A new day…

A trip….

A friendship….

Gratitude opens up our hearts to experience more to be grateful for.

Make it a great day.

Jake

PS – Extra special thanks to Jeff for sending these out while I was away. Great job!

The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur in the future.