I love Thanksgiving! For me it is not a holiday, it is an
attitude. An attitude is defined as a habit of thought and giving thanks every
day for all of the blessings in my life is a habit that I choose daily as a way
of life.
It is so easy sometimes to look around and see all of the
things that are wrong in the world, but if you adjust your lens and see the
world through the eyes of a grateful heart, you will be overwhelmed with the beauty
and abundance that is part of God’s creation. I was in a hurry recently at the
post office, but noticed a lady with a walker struggling to open the door. I
stopped to help her and spent a few minutes talking to her. She told me how
thankful she was to meet me. Not because I helped her, but because I slowed
down and spent a few minutes with her. She told me how blessed she was to need
a walker to get around because it forced her to slow down and experience all of
the beauty in the world. That beauty is hard to notice at the fast pace we
typically move at. That pace is a part of the busyness of our lives.
We can’t be grateful for things that we are too busy to
experience. I am thankful this year that I live in the greatest country in the
world in spite of all of its challenges. I am thankful that I live every day
with the most amazing blessing from God in my wife Rose. She makes me laugh and
finds great joy in all of the little things. I really understand after all of
the years that we have spent together what it means for two to become one. I am
thankful for that. I am also so blessed to do the work that I do, that in some
small way makes a difference in the lives of others. I am especially thankful to share that passion
every day with my partners, who also happen to be my son and my daughter.
I am thankful that all four of my kids are happily married
and understand the commitment that “in good times and in bad, for richer and
poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part” takes. I am thankful
for five beautiful grandchildren who know how to bring a smile to the face of
their “PopPop.”
My challenge to all of you this Thanksgiving and every day is
to plant the seeds of gratitude in others, especially those special people in
your life. You will definitely reap what you sow!
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