AS a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful. He's asking you to give thanks. There's a big difference. One response involves emotions, the other your choices, your decisions about a situation, your intent, your 'step of faith.

There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance.

You're welcome.

Azért hoztam létre az OASIS-t, mert soha nem találtam a helyem a valóságban. Nem tudtam, hogyan teremtsek kapcsolatot az emberekkel. Egész életemben féltem. Egészen addig, amÃ

Player One button, and my worries would instantly slip away as my mind focused itself on the relentless pixelated onslaught on the screen in front of me. There, inside the game's two-dimensional universe, life was simple: It's just you against the machine. Move with your left hand, shoot with your right, and try to stay alive as long as possible.

Ray seemed about to say something more when a boom shook the entire shuttle. I felt a rush of panic, thinking we'd just come under attack. Then I realized we'd just broken the sound barrier.

Eu não sabia como me relacionar com as pessoas. Senti Medo durante toda a minha vida. Até eu saber que estava terminando. Foi quando eu percebi que, por mais assustadora e dolorosa a realidade possa ser, é também o único lugar onde se pode encontrar felicidade de verdade. Porque a realidade é real.

the news that had everyone from Toronto to Tokyo crapping in their cornflakes

Oh-my-fucking-God!

Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.

Action without prayer thins out into something very exterior. A prayerless life can result in effective action and accomplish magnificent things, but if there is no developed interiority, the action never enters into the depth and intimacy of relationships.

James 5:16 - The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.