God said 'Do NOT fear' 365 times in the bible.... do you think he was trying to stress a point?

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ~W.T. Purkiser

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness. ~Robert Casper Lintner

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. ~A.W. Tozer

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. ~Izaak Walton

http://ping.fm/w05ov give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. ~Author Unknown

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. ~J.A. Gaertner

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

The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it ~ Peggy Fleming

Believe it is possible to solve your problem.Tremendous things happen to the believer So believe the answer will come. It will. - N.V. Peale

Perspective, I soon realized, was a fine commodity; but utterly useless when I was in the in thick of things ~ Ingrid Bengis

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people ~ Elenor Roosevelt

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people ~ Jaime Lee Curtis

ONe of the secrets of a continuous happy life is continuous small treats ~ Iris Murdoch

The brain is like muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
- Carl Sagan

I postpone death by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing ~ Anais Nis

The only courage in life that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next ~ Mignon McLaughlin

You don't manage people you manage things. You lead people ~ Admiral Grace Hooper

Worry gives a small thing a BIG shadow ~ Swedish Proverb

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
- Thomas Henry Huxley

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past. ~Robertson Davies

Off to The New York Athletic Club ~ in NYC with Cheryl Sanchez for Fordham U Alumni only! woooohoooo! It's gonna be a Great Day!!!

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. ~Doug Larson

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. ~Sidney Howard

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get degeniused rapidly. ~B. Fuller

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. ~W.C. Fields

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. ~Author Unknown

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
- Nicholas Murray Butler