Expressing Thanks.
Expressing Thanks… Every Day
Happy Thanksgiving.
I’m aware as I am thinking, typing, even quietly expressing thanks aloud, I don’t need to reserve it for this single day.
Giving thanks truly is a happy thing. The release of expressing gratitude for anything — big, small, life-changing, smile-making — brings back a feel good.
Notice that today. Notice that tomorrow. Notice that the day after Christmas. Notice that when spring arrives.
Today we’ll feel wonderful being among friends and family, focusing our celebration on the long lists of all for which we are thankful (including the table loaded down with food).
I plan to take a breath each time I say (or silently reflect) “I am thankful….”. I plan to let myself zero in on how expressing thanks allows me to feel. I know it will let me feel wonderful in many ways. I know that will happen many times today.
I also plan to invest attention on expressing thanks and how it lets me feel beyond today. Every day doesn’t seem too often!
Living, Loving, Giving GOD,
speaking our gratitude need not be reserved,
not saved for any one specific day
or reason.
Sharing our thanks for the infinite blessings
you share with us
shall not be limited to a national Thursday.
Releasing the joy we know from all you let us
be and do and have
gives us more joy the more often
we say, “Thank you, GOD!”
Expressing thanks is more to let us feel
the joy of thanksgiving
than to let you know we notice all you give.
And so we can enjoy every day
as a day on which we say, “Thank you, Sweet Spirit!”
And so it is.
Amen. Amen.
Love and thanks!
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