#Gratitude April 6

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Today for Day 6 of the 30-Day Quotation Coach4aday Challenge I am using the word GRATITUDE.

GRATITUDE is a great investment. I have found when we focus on what we are appreciative it seems additional things come into our lives to be grateful for. When we bemoan our troubles, it seems more woes are headed our way.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

My pastor and good friend David Ruth mentioned the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.in a sermon several years ago. He was a German pastor and theologian known for his opposition to National Socialism during World War II.

When you read about his life you will probably be humbled on how his concern for others dominated the good works he performed.

The last two years of Bonhoeffer’s life were spent behind bars, pastoring his fellow captives and writing to family and friends. These writing were edited and published as Letters and Papers from Prison (1953) by Eberhard Bethge, Bonhoeffer’s closest friend and primary biographer.

Quote by Bonhoeffer

“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”