A Circle of Thanks.

Thanksgiving.

Today we are thankful for all we have:

Family and Friends
the many blessings of our relationships.

We give thanks for our homes

and hoards of other material things we have been blessed with.

We are thankful for our church

for our Savior,

and  the many spiritual blessings we have.

We are in gratitude for our jobs,
for our bank accounts,
And all the financial provisions we enjoy.

But then I started thinking...

How about the not-so-good things that we have in our lives?

Should we be thankful for those things, too?

Financial worries

Failed relationships

Bad decisions

Arguments
Broken dreams

and many other things we have been faced with.

Perhaps we ought to be thankful for the lessons learned from
tough experiences, also?

I think the hard things we go through shape us and

often give us:

humility

compassion

patience

love
understanding

contentment

and...

thankfulness.

Kind of like  a circle of thanks, isn't it?

My turkey is on the table!