Thanksgiving

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
 
It is Thanksgiving, a day to reflect on the many blessings for which to be grateful.
 
Today, I am sitting in my cozy home, with the people I love most safe and healthy and warm inside.  There is love.  There is laughter.  There is plenty.

I am so thankful for the family I love and who love me in return.  There's nothing on this Earth that is as important.  We enjoy happy times with those we love most and have lovely memories of those we've loved who are now in Heaven, and our faith buoys us through anxiety.  We have friends who provide us with amusement and loyalty.  The blessings of opportunity and education have provided us the ability to do work that we love.  Worry and despair do not burden us, for we are healthy, safe, and fortunate.  Life is exciting and interesting, and we have much to which we look forward.  God has graced us immeasurably, and for that we are so very thankful.