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How To Find Joy On Hard Days: Free Joy Calendar 2026

I can’t stop thinking about what a woman tells me over dinner last week:“I can’t explain how it’s changed my life, Ann: Only when I keep counting gifts, do I learn how to keep counting it all joy.”I set my glass of water down on the table like she’s just  dropped her mic. This is God-Math: Unless you’re counting your gifts and gratitudes, you don’t know how to count it all joy in your trials. This is God Math:  Unless you’re counting your gifts and gratitudes, you don’t