Ripples #600: Giving Thanks!

Ripples #600: Giving Thanks!
For our tribe of 27,199 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 22, 2010

PEBBLE:
Not what we say about our blessings,
but how we use them,
is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
-W.T. Purkiser, submitted by Janet, Milwaukee WI

BOULDER:
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today and
creates a vision for tomorrow.
-Melody Beattie

PONDER:
There is something even more delicious and satisfying than the feast many
of us in the U.S. will devour in a few days: the yummy taste of gratitude.
Please take a moment before the craziness sets in to tell someone who
doesn't know that you are grateful for them.

And just in case YOU don't know, I am deeply grateful for the many fellow
Ripplers who have shared quotes, kind words, and even recruited more Ripples
over the past 12 years.

Peace,
Paul