After seeing a segment on the Lehrer News Hour the other evening about former executives trying to find a job and feeling way down about no follow-ups to their efforts, the following lines came to thought. Perhaps some thought therein will give readers in similar circumstances a lift.
Cutting Through the Gloom
(c) By: Sharon Slaton Howell
Nothing cures depression
I have found
like thanking God
for everything around.
When news or who-knows-what
begins to get me down,
I thank Him and my joy
begins to rebound.
And before I know it,
by expressing gratitude,
I find very soon
a whole new attitude.
Giving way to thanks giving
makes the day much brighter;
it lifts mental darkness,
makes the step much lighter.
And more -- being grateful
is infectious I have found.
It can help get someone
else's chin up off the ground.
No wonder Jesus commended
the leper -- that only one
who came back to give God thanks
for all that He had done.
So, whenever you start
feeling downhearted/blue,
begin thanking your Father,
which is only His due.
