Gratitude

At some point in the past year my dear friend Cynthia Morris, owner of Original Impulse, (check them out at www.originalimpulse.com!) gave me a little laminated card about gratitude. With Thanksgiving coming up I pulled it out recently and stuck it on my bulletin board. Here is the gem of wisdom it shares:

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie

What a powerful message for each of us! It's so easy in America to get caught up in the rush of spending, parties, work and trips during the holidays and forget to be thankful for all we have. It's also easy to forget how blessed each of us is in light of the rest of the world. The poorest families in the US are wealthy by the standards of the third world.

Often our mental and spiritual state depends not so much on external circumstances, but on how we view them. So, with Thanksgiving on the way, let us all remember to show gratitude for all the wonderful things that make our lives rich and full.

Love...
Friends...
Family...
Material possessions...
Talents...
Dreams...
Work for our Hands...
Faith...
Hope...

Take a moment this morning to run through the list of things you have to be grateful for. It will make your entire day look brighter - I promise!

Wishing you an amazing Thanksgiving filled with gratitude, love and light,

Trish