Thanksgiving. This time of year is
filled with excitement, stress, family, food, busyness, friends, food, thankful
words, remembrance, and food. To some, it may be easy to become narrow-minded
and caught up in too much worthless living on this day. To some, another normal
day to get things done. To others, a day that hurts because of the loss of
loved ones. To many, the one and only day out of the year to truly give thanks.
What if we changed the way we thought about Thanksgiving? What if Thanksgiving
became something entirely different? What if we ignored Thanksgiving Day
altogether? What if we tried something new? Imagine a world of thanks-LIVING.
I am
challenging myself to begin a journey of thanks-living. I once heard someone
say that the art of thanksgiving is thanks-living. Thanks-living is
thankfulness in action every single day. What does thanks-living look like in
your life? In my life, I hope to thank God for the gift of my family by being
the first to serve them. I hope to thank God for the gift of life by living it
victoriously. I hope to thank God for inspiration and encouragement by living a
life that inspires and encourages others.
This
Thanksgiving, let’s begin a journey together. Maybe we could flip the cycle
altogether. Thanksgiving Day could become a normal day, and we could celebrate
true Thanksgiving the 364 days that remain in a year. Maybe we should spend
Thanksgiving Day to complain and complain. We should simply get it all out of
the way on one day, so the rest of our days will be filled with nothing but thankfulness. Let’s add to our prayers and words of thankfulness. Let’s act on
it.
And now.....a funny, yet precious reminder for our Thanksgiving celebration.
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