So many blessings! If you really ponder your blessings, I bet you can generate quite a list. And since it's Thanksgiving Eve, what better time than today to count blessings, and show gratitude for everything that we have and everything that we are, each and every one of us.
Here in the U.S. Thanksgiving day is celebrated at the end of harvest season, it's the beginning of the holiday season, and it's the traditional time of year when we give thanks, and count our blessings (Wikipedia has an interesting write up about the history of Thanksgiving and present-day celebrations). Personally I think counting blessings, and showing gratitude, is a wonderful way to promote happiness, self-esteem, and joy in one's life. I like to count my blessings every day, rather than just during the holiday season, as it does tend to boost my mood and efforts to think positively.
With that in mind, as we enter the holiday season I send these warm words of inspiration your way in the hope that you will have Thanksgiving, and an equally wonderful 2008 filled with many many blessings!
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"If the only preyer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you', that would suffice." Meister Eckhart
"Let us remember that, as much has been give us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds." Theodore Roosevelt
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Kim M. Simpson - November 21, 2007
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