Thank You

Dear GOD:

I want to thank You for what you have already done.

I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop talking about me,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears,
I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves,
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet.
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get thejob.
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief,
I am going to thank you right now.

I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed,
I am thanking you right now.

I am thanking you because I am alive.
I am thanking you because I made it through the day's difficulties.
I am thanking you because I have walked around the obstacles.
I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better.
I'm thanking you because, FATHER, YOU haven't given up on me.

God is just so good, and he's good all the time.

Age

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.


Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.


Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive.


The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.


A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.


Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.


The trick is to grow up without growing old.


You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.


There are 3 periods of life: youth, middle age, and "how well you look."


A man is as old as the woman he feels.


Age doesn't matter unless you're a cheese.


Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.


Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience you're too damned old to do anything about it.


The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.


The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.


In youth money is a convenience, an aid to pleasure. In age it is an absolute necessity, for when we are old we have to buy even consideration and politeness from those about us.


You're only young once but you can be immature all your life.


If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.


Develop your eccentricities while you're young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga.


Old people shouldn't eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get.


Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for 30 mins. - another for 30 days BUT it is the man who has it for 30 yrs. who makes a succes of his life.


Youth is the gift of nature but age is a work of art.


I'd like to be a better person everyday than I am today. For all of us, as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.