Happiness begins when we choose to stop complaining.

"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. (Philippians 4:11 NIV)"

I hope we give our best everyday. We won't be disappointed in the result.

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." (Luke 6:38 NIV)"

I hope life's troubles never prompt us to give up, but to give more.

"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. (2 Corinthians 9:6 NIV)"

I hope we take time to hear people with our hearts and show love by our actions.

1 John 3:18 (NIV) Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

I hope we are always on the lookout to help. Somebody needs what we have to give.

"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.' (Matthew 25:40 NIV)"

I hope we never get too smart or too proud to be teachable.

"Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64:8 NIV)"

Don't let life steal your swagger! "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. (Hebrews 10:35 KJV)"

If we are down and out for a long time, we must stop making excuses and "get up and walk".

"One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there ... he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." (John 5:5, 6, 8 NIV)

If its been a rough week, I hope we find the courage to stand still and stand firm.

"You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.' (2 Chronicles 20:17 NIV)"

Sometimes the most spiritual thing we can do is to get some rest.

"In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
for he grants sleep to those he loves. (Psalm 127:2)"