Welcome to a 4-Part Series called "An Attitude of Gratitude." For the third consecutive year the SOS Leadership team is continuing its tradition of blogging about gratitude and what matters most during the week of Thanksgiving. Today SOS Leadership team member Shane Montoya encourages us to give back to others.
Happy Thanksgiving To Everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving To Everyone!
Thanksgiving 2012 is finally here! Today is a day full of
traditions: from Mom’s fresh cranberries, to Dad’s fried turkey, the best
tradition of all is making sure to be together with my family! It is going to
be exciting this year to see my 2-year-old son’s eyes light up when he sees a
table full of delicious food and not knowing what to eat first!
However, although this day is filled with great food and
family traditions, it’s also a time of being thankful and giving back. 2012 has
been an amazing year for me and I definitely have been guilty of not being
thankful enough for everything that I have been given and for all the
opportunities that I have had. When I
was watching SOS Leadership President, Billy Moyer’s motivational
minute he gave a great idea:
“show gratitude, and write hand written thank you letters.”
I can’t even remember the last time that I have written a
simple letter to someone to say thank you. This year I am going to make that
commitment to write everyone that I want to thank a short thank you note. Although the letters won’t reach anyone
in time for Thanksgiving the important thing is to just let people know that I
am thankful, no matter what day it is!
I encourage everyone to go above and beyond his or her usual
traditions this year, and to continue to give back to others! Thanksgiving is a wonderful time, and I hope
that everyone enjoys this special day!
"True thanksgiving means that we need
to thank God for what He has done for us,
and not to tell Him what we have
done for Him."
- George R.
Hendrick
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