Be Thankful~

Yesterday while at church a friend mentioned today's topic, thanksgiving. This is not just about the kind of Thanksgiving that we have once a year in November with a turkey and all the trimmings, this about the kind of thanksgiving that we should keep in our hearts all year long, each and every day.

My friend said that she was reading an article in a woman's magazine, (Woman's World) and the article suggested that in the autumn people should start writing down three things every day that they were thankful for. This way by the time Thanksgiving rolled around people would have a list of blessings and were not unprepared to share what they were thankful for at the dinner table. (I almost wrote "sinner" table but that's a topic for another time. See? It pays to edit!)

I also have written in my notes from yesterday~ "you smile for what you have gratitude for". Well. I have many things to be grateful for, far too many to start writing my complete list here this morning. However there are a few things I can think of that make me smile each and every day.

When a child looks at me and smiles I always smile in return. It's almost reflexive, one can't help but see the purity in their souls.

When the sun shines down one me and I lift my face, eyes closed, to receive the healing rays of the sun.

When a song touches my heart...

May you find something to smile about today.... and to be thankful for....

The above image can be found under cornucopia 1 at the link below~

http://www.webster.edu/~terrij/project/?D=A