# 40 Cheers

Be Happy! Happiness is a state of mind, kind of mind over matter..
If you don't mind it don't matter! As we start a new year I would encourage you to be the happiness in someones life. A small thing can be such a big blessing to someone close to you. Find a chore that you can do for someone and just do it! Don't ask just do it! If you are financially able maybe consider paying a bill for a friend or family member. I remember when we were younger the home mortgage company would give you the option to defer the December house payment. For a young family that extra money was huge!
Find a way to be a blessing and pay it forward!

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens 

1 Thessalonians 5

12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.