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感恩的心，感谢有你。伴我一生，让我有勇气做自己。

感恩是内心情感的涌动。感恩更需要行动来升华。

怀着一颗感恩的心。你将会发现自己是多么快乐，放开你的胸怀。让霏霏细雨洗刷心灵的尘埃。学会感恩，因为这会使世界更美好，使生活更充实。

凡事感恩！感恩父母，父母之恩，水不能溺。火不能灭；感恩老师，谁言寸草心。报得三春晖；感恩爱人；白云感恩于清风的微笑；感恩朋友，滴水之恩。当涌泉相报；感恩生命，学会珍爱；感恩他人。学会实心；感恩未来。学会憧憬；感恩挫折，学会坚強……

一个经常怀着感恩之心的人．心地坦荡。胸怀宽阔。当耳旁不再喧嚣。当眼睛不再迷茫。当心灵不再悲愤，让我们沉淀下来，用一颗感恩的心去生活、去发现、去探索、去品位生命中的至真至纯！

 Acknowledgments

 Introduction

1 .ON LOVE

 Love Your Enemy

 There Are No Coincidences

 Where's the Baby Jesus?

 Trouble at the Inn

 Ten Cents

 The Night the Chimes Rang

 In God's Hands a World of Mittens

 Susan's Gift

 The Goodest Gift

 Why?

 God's Own Son

 The Christmas I Loaned My Son

 Jewel

 The Day Joe Hill Came to Stay

 The Beautiful Color of Love

2.ON GIVING

 Golden Shoes for Jesus

 An Exchange of Gifts

 A Tribute to Hawkins

 The Last Straw

 The Christmas Scout

 It Really Didn't Matter

 Is There a Santa Claus?

 A Gift of the Heart

 The Cobbler and His Guest

 A Thanksgiving Story

 A Coincidence?

3.ON PARENTS AND PARENTING

 The Gift of a Mommy

 In His Mother's Footsteps

 My Mother's Hands

 Hands

 Out of a Job

 Father Forgets

 The Two Sides of Love

 Don't Let It End This Way

 The Halfhearted Gift--A Dog for David

 Andy's Dream

 Safety Blanket

 My Father

 The Bible

 Graduation Car

 Home for the Holidays

4.ON FAITH

 God Calling

 Invisible Guardians

 A Reason to Heal

 Expect a Miracle

 Perfect Freedom

 Tell the World for Me

 Thank You,Miss Evridge

 Recollection of a Gravel-Clutcher

 Baptist Minister

 Faith

 Place of Sacrifice

 God,Send Someone!

5.ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

 How to Get to Heaven

 No Parking

 Irreverent Manipulation

 Sunday School Lessons

 Wholly Holy Bloopers

 Communion

 No Excuse Sunday

 Life Begins?

 Water Closet

 Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates

 Shocking Generosity

6.ON DEATH AND DYING

 Golden Heart

 What Was in Jeremy's Egg?

 I'm Here!

 Answering The Call

 Jason and Tommy

 The Greatest Sacrifice

 Lessons from Lois

 The Wedding Dress

 Helen's Story

 Sweet Good-byes

 Good Night,Sweet Dreams,I Love You

 The Ties That Bind

 The Miracle of the Ring

 My Unforgettable Pop

 Dearest Mother

7.A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

 Escalator Angel

 An Inch of Kindness

 Bobby:When You Can't Be Strong for Yourself

 Erik's Old Man

 In Jesus' Eyes

 Earth Angels

 Wear Out,Don't Rust Out

 Prayer Is the Key

 A Sailor's Christmas Gift

 Choosing a Good Minister

 Our Mysterious Passenger

 8.OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

 The Baby Who Was Born Twice

 Christmas Mother

 A Place Prepared by God

 Medicine

 Most Richly Blessed

 Mrs.B's Thanksgiving Surprise

 Now This Is Music!

 A Healing Place

 The Story of Raoul Wallenberg

 The Voice of an Angel

 An Old Irish Blessing