Dr. Peale tells us that the first thing to do if we want a life that is wonderful is to affirm that it is wonderful. We ought to thank God every day for life, not that we won’t have trouble, you’ll have trouble till the day you die. But if we put our troubles in God’s hands and trust Him, He will see us through and take care of us. NVP says he has known people in their nineties like J.C. Penny who loved life to the very end, because they practiced the principles of Jesus.