Prayers of Gratitude and New Beginnings

"Giving thanks for abundance 
is sweeter
than the abundance itself..."

-–Rumi

                                                       "Give thanks for a little and       you will find a lot."

--The Hausa of Nigeria

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice."
--Meister Eckhart

"Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life."

--Christiane Northrup

 I was offered a full time teaching position today (special education)
(yay!)

Your work is to discover your world
and then with all your heart give yourself to it. 
~The Buddha

Prayer for the Work Day

Almighty God, thank Thee for the job of this day.
May we find gladness in all its toil and difficulty,
its pleasure and success,
and even in its failure and sorrow.
We would look always away from ourselves,
and behold the glory and the need of the world
that we may have the will and the strength to bring
the gift of gladness to others;
that with them we stand to bear
the burden and heat of the day
and offer Thee the praise of work well done.

Amen.

--Bishop Charles Lewis Slattery (1867-1930)