As we get into this Thanksgiving week, move yourself into an attitude of Gratitude and Thankfulness.

Last week I mentioned thinking about and then expressing the reasons why you are thankful for those around…. to those around you.

I would encourage you to take a step beyond that and spend time considering those you are thankful for….to whom you cannot express any words.

This group includes those people who have exited this life…. or who are no longer in your life
through location or vocation……
and my encouragement to do this is
wrapped with a sense of Joy…
not sadness or grief.

It is a joyful thing to rehearse the gifts,
the words,
the lessons
and the lives lived out for
and before us…

by our parents,
grandparents,
family members,
old friends,
ministers,
teachers
coaches…..

for those lives and lessons have contributed and molded us into the people we are….and are becoming.

I believe this attitude is more of what THANKSGIVING is about.

The inner consideration and sense
of gratefulness and thanksgiving
for what has been granted, given and bestowed upon us….

is what can move us closer to the spirit of THANKSGIVING…
and where we are spiritually instructed to be.

To….”give thanks in all things”.

In spite of the prayer of thanks we can speak as we sit down to eat, we probably take the food we eat for granted.

How many meals have you missed this month??

It’s easy to take an everyday occurrence for granted.

It’s the same thing with the people we see and speak to everyday.

Only if you take time to consider what those “everyday people” gift your life with ….
will you be able to appreciate and
experience gratitude for and toward them.

Take the time….

Having this inner sense of gratitude
and thankfulness will change the way you look at life.

You will most likely be happier.

Joy will abound.

Your step will most likely have a little spring to it.

And a smile will more easily
grace your face.