Most of the things we all are actually thankful for are the basic things of life. Our warm house and bed, our loved ones who wait for us every day. The ones we depend on and depend on us. Our dog, our cat.
Yet, sometimes Thanksgiving gives us something completely new. Something worth living an extra mile for, an extra year or more for...maybe a whole life for.....it blows us away because it is such a gift that we could never have even imagined it, nor asked for it. Usually, these extraordinary gifts are people and things brought to us through new people.
Every year's new gifts. That's it. The New Gifts of Thanksgiving.
These may not even be at home. They may be out in the street. They may originate far from home and in strange places,,,,they may seem to come as strange gifts. Yet, after we look, we look twice and we just get turned around.
Thanksgiving is not neat and orderly and predictable. It is the Season of the most serendipity, If you believe in Whiteflash, it gives us the gift of life, through people who likely end up staying with us as major forces in our life. True gifts.
We can ask for the gifts like this. No guarantee. There seems to be some extra grace added by the Creator to deliverance of the gifts. We need some modesty, some humor, and some patience.....But, if the elements are just right, get prepared for one of the most incredible Thanksgivings of your life.
I know that for me, to thank is better than to ask .....and it is better to thank than want. Genesis of love and new good things starts with honest thanking........
My year brought me some new souls I now love so much, and some new friends. They have the potential to change my life. I guess I could say this Thanksgiving, it was the people, not the turkey that mattered. Turkeys taste good, but people always are the ones we base our life on. The rocks of life like Plymouth Rock was a long time ago.....It has never changed. It is the Creator's statement that some things we can touch and come back next year and touch again.....
I am grateful to all our troops and the men and women who protect us at their life's risk.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Yet, sometimes Thanksgiving gives us something completely new. Something worth living an extra mile for, an extra year or more for...maybe a whole life for.....it blows us away because it is such a gift that we could never have even imagined it, nor asked for it. Usually, these extraordinary gifts are people and things brought to us through new people.
Every year's new gifts. That's it. The New Gifts of Thanksgiving.
These may not even be at home. They may be out in the street. They may originate far from home and in strange places,,,,they may seem to come as strange gifts. Yet, after we look, we look twice and we just get turned around.
Thanksgiving is not neat and orderly and predictable. It is the Season of the most serendipity, If you believe in Whiteflash, it gives us the gift of life, through people who likely end up staying with us as major forces in our life. True gifts.
We can ask for the gifts like this. No guarantee. There seems to be some extra grace added by the Creator to deliverance of the gifts. We need some modesty, some humor, and some patience.....But, if the elements are just right, get prepared for one of the most incredible Thanksgivings of your life.
I know that for me, to thank is better than to ask .....and it is better to thank than want. Genesis of love and new good things starts with honest thanking........
My year brought me some new souls I now love so much, and some new friends. They have the potential to change my life. I guess I could say this Thanksgiving, it was the people, not the turkey that mattered. Turkeys taste good, but people always are the ones we base our life on. The rocks of life like Plymouth Rock was a long time ago.....It has never changed. It is the Creator's statement that some things we can touch and come back next year and touch again.....
I am grateful to all our troops and the men and women who protect us at their life's risk.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
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