Greetings fellow bloggers on this day after Thanksgiving 2009. I am thankful to be able to connect with you.
On that note, it has become trendy in recent years to create what is called a "gratitude list" consisting of things that one is thankful/grateful for and share it with family and friends at Thanksgiving dinner parties or even at special church services. As a person who has always preferred to share my feelings through written or spoken word, I think this is a great idea, and one who's time is long overdue.But I wonder.
I wonder what we wait to tell our loved ones that we are thankful for them until this "special" time of the year? I wonder if like so many other trends will sharing our gratitude for love and life with others become outdated and "last season" someday? I wonder if when we don't get what we thought we should or wanted to get for Christmas from a friend or family member, we forget that this was the same person we looked at through triptophane glazed eyes ac cross the Thanksgiving table from and pledged our gratitude for "just being in our lives"?
I know you might be thinking, this is a good thing and at least people are taking time out to say kind things to each other. I agree and I said in the beginning that I am all for this idea. I am simply sharing my thoughts on the subject. I am almost willing to bet that we are thankful for much throughout the year, not just on this one day and a few words of gratitude to God to start each day for each day would greatly enhance our everyday. We don't need lists or ceremony just a few words. Call a friend and tell them they are on your mind and you appreciate them being in your life, give your children, husband , wife, mother, father, etc. a kiss or embrace just because you can and watch how this adds to their day.
Thanksgiving is a Holiday. Giving Thanks is an Action. Thankful is a Way Of Life.
God Bless us as we grow!!!
About Me
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- Long Beach, CA, United States
- Maisha is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern with Turning Point Counseling. She has a passion for helping people achieve wholeness through acceptance and loving themselves as they are understanding that God created us all with awesome potential. Growth and change can be very difficult, but “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians4:13. She believes that the foundation of achieving and maintaining healthy relationships is congruent communication. Maisha has worked with a culturally and clinically diverse client base that includes: couples, substance abuse, intimacy issues, and domestic violence. She also worked with problems such as anger management, parenting, depression, anxiety, assertiveness/self esteem, grief and loss, self harm, divorce, family, illness, and disabilities.
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