I want to cultivate a deep sense of gratitude, of groundedness, of enough, even while I'm longing for … - Shauna Niequist

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Whatever the outcome of the day I shall never forget that you hit me when I wasn't even looking!

Shauna Niequist

I want to cultivate a deep sense of gratitude, of groundedness, of enough, even while I'm longing for something more. The longing and the gratitude, both. I'm practicing believing that God knows more than I know, that he sees what I can't, that he's weaving a future I can't even imagine from where I sit this morning.

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