Lewis said, "Praise is inner health made audible."
I have seen that verified over and over.
It is the cranks, the misfits, the scrooges of the world who seldom praise.
They have an inner sickness of soul that yields criticism, complaining, murmuring, grumbling, sarcasm, suspicion, and a general joylessness.
I just want to take such people (and sometimes myself) and shake them and say, "Hey, wake up!
Sure there is rottenness in the world.
But Jesus Christ died and rose again precisely that the commands, 'Rejoice always,' and 'For everything give thanks,' would not be naïve, but profoundly realistic.
Now open your eyes; there are natural and moral beauties to praise in this world because God made it and is at work in it.
Break the habit of grumbling.
Get yourself hooked on praise. It feels ten times better."
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