Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.
Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.
I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England".
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
I love Thanksgiving turkey... It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.
I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?
Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
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