I wonder what you long for in life and how you cope with disappointments when dreams don’t come true? This week Timothy Chalamet finally won a Golden Globe on his fifth nomination. How did he deal with the disappointment of walking away empty-handed so many times? Well, his father taught him always to be grateful for what he had rather than what he didn’t. It was great advice. A life focussed on what we don’t have will be one of disappointment and frustration. But one focussed on what we do will bring peace and contentment.

In the Bible St Paul writes of having discovered a similar secret to living a life of fulfilment. Like Chalamet he was using the gifts that he had been given to work towards a prize and doing so with a heart full of thanksgiving. But unlike Chalamet there was no possibility of disappointment because the prize had already been won. Paul’s prize was the gift of eternal life made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus. No wonder he was thankful. No wonder he was content. How about us?

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