It's really easy to get caught up in the downside of the holidays. The preparations, the family squabbles, the lack of money, etc. Remember the really reason that Thanksgiving was created...to give thanks...for anything in your family lives that you are grateful for.
Oprah did a good thing (sorry, Martha!) when she helped promote the idea of keeping a daily journal highlighting the parts and people of your life that you are grateful for. People forget the good things in their lives when they are only worrying about the bad. Life is full of the good and bad...that's life. Take a moment to remember the good and be thankful.
We like to take a moment before the big feast and write down one thing or moment that we are thankful for...then we draw them out and read them. We didn't always do this, it's a more recent addition to our holiday. But it always makes you think. Babies are born, people die, hardships happen, joyful reunions occur....what will you put on your list?
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