Be Thankful

 

 

Be thankful 

 

That you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to? 

Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow. 

Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you  

Opportunities for improvement. 

 Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build  

Your strength and character. 

 Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons. 

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those  

Who are also thankful for the setbacks. 

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. 

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles 

and they can become your blessings. 

 

Author Unknown but greatly appreciated 

 

~ Happy Thanksgiving! ~

November Morning

A tingling, misty marvel

Blew hither in the night,

And now the little peach-trees

Are clasped in frozen light. 

Upon the apple-branches

An icy film is caught,

With trailing threads of gossamer

In pearly patterns wrought. 

The autumn sun, in wonder,

Is gayly peering through

This silver-tissued network

Across the frosty blue. 

The weather-vane is fire-tipped,

 The honeysuckle shows

A dazzling icy splendor,

And crystal is the rose.

By Evaleen Stein 

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The All Hallow's Eve

The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats. Tom Skelton shivered. Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. From kitchen windows drifted two pumpkin smells: gourds being cut, pies being baked. - Ray Bradbury in "The Halloween Tree" 

Wishing everyone a very spooky Halloween ~ Dominique

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