I realized recently that I have become so single-minded on what is upside down in my life, that I fail to see the little blessings that God gives me everyday - such as a wonderful husband and so much more.

I am thankful my husband has been given to me as a gift for the past thirty-three years.  I am thankful for the two daughters and four grandchildren who provide me with oodles of smiles, hugs, and kisses regularly.  And I am thankful for a roof over my head, food in my stomach, excellent health, and friends who love me - standard thankfulness kinds of things.

However, I find I can become gray and gloomy and crabby and obstinate, and forget about the goodness that is all around me.  How childish to think that I deserve something, and that I can stomp my feet in front of my God.  Perhaps, when I can come before him without a little tantrum, he will realize my heart is changing back to a place of gratefulness, and things will fall into place once again.  I am thankful for God’s patience with me.

I love these two quotes I came across today on thankfulness.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.      ~ Garrison Keillor

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.                ~ Chinese Proverb

Praying you are able to see, with clarity, all the little blessings before you this Thanksgiving.