Peace and Contentment
Friday, May 12, 2006 by Kristen
Hello everyone...this is a quote that my mom gave to me a while back; I don't know what book it's from, but it's so true (yet hard to follow), isn't it?
"If we wish to gain contentment, we might try such rules as these:
1. Allow thyself to complain of nothing, not even of the weather.
2. Never picture thyself under any circumstances in which thou art not.
3. Never compare thine own lot with that of another.
4. Never allow thyself to dwell on the wish that this or that had been, or were, otherwise than it was, or is. God Almighty loves thee better and more wisely than thou dost thyself.
5. Never dwell on the morrow. Remember that it is God's, not thine. The heaviest part of sorrow often is to look forward to it. 'The Lord will provide.' "
-E.B. Pusey
"If we wish to gain contentment, we might try such rules as these:
1. Allow thyself to complain of nothing, not even of the weather.
2. Never picture thyself under any circumstances in which thou art not.
3. Never compare thine own lot with that of another.
4. Never allow thyself to dwell on the wish that this or that had been, or were, otherwise than it was, or is. God Almighty loves thee better and more wisely than thou dost thyself.
5. Never dwell on the morrow. Remember that it is God's, not thine. The heaviest part of sorrow often is to look forward to it. 'The Lord will provide.' "
-E.B. Pusey
Thanks Kristen I needed that and Praise The Lord on Olivia!
Kal
ah contentment. Something I need in my life right now. Thanks for the reminder!