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  GETTING WHAT YOU LOOK FOR
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: By training our minds to look for good and beauty, we can find
happiness and fulfillment in every situation.

Topics: "Positive Thinking", "Gratitude"
Scripture References: Psalm 36:9, Proverbs 23:7, Philippians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:18

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the importance of perspective and
mindset in shaping our experiences, emphasizing that what we focus on is
what we will find in our lives. By training our minds to seek beauty,
goodness, and happiness, we can cultivate a life filled with joy and
gratitude. Just as Mrs. Ewing found happiness and good in every
circumstance, we are encouraged to approach life with a hopeful heart,
always seeking reasons for thankfulness.

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With Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light shall we see light.

--PSALMS 36:9

How beautiful our lives may be; how bright

In privilege; how fruitful of delight!

And lo! all round us His bright servants stand;

Events, His duteous ministers and wise,

With frowning brows, perhaps, for their disguise,

But with such wells of love in their deep eyes,

And such strong rescue hidden in their hands!

--HENRY SEPTIMUS SUTTON

WE see always what we are looking for, and if our mind has become
trained to look for trouble and difficulty and all dark and dreary
things, we find just what we seek. On the other hand, it is quite as
easy to form the habit of looking always for beauty, for good, for
happiness, for gladness, and here, too, we shall find precisely what we
seek.

--J. R. MILLER

I never knew her [Mrs. Ewing] fail to find happiness wherever she was
placed, and good in whomever she came across. Whatever her circumstances
might be, they always yielded to her causes for thankfulness, and work
to be done with a ready and hopeful heart.

--HORATIA K. F. EDEN

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