“Gratitude… goes beyond the “mine” and “thine” and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.”

May this quote from Henri Nouwen rest deep within our souls today, and throughout this season.

All that I am and have is a gift of love
A gift to be celebrated with joy…

Believe it, live it, breathe it in.

Thanksgiving blessings.