Thoughts on thankfulness 29 Articles

by Toni-Marie Ramos

For most of us, the only time we show any sort of gratitude is on holidays such as Thanksgiving or Memorial Day. We give thanks for the things we have received in our lives over the past year and give thanks to those who h...read more

by Peter Horvatin

Thankfulness Thankfulness. A door, standing open, welcoming all who desire to enter in seeking to savor these meditations. Who does? Who will? I said, "I will enter in!" The absolute silence is broken by the ...read more

by Renee Parisio

"If we look at the even the small things with thanksgiving, they become the big things." I came across this sentence in a book and it's simple truth struck a chord with me. It reminded me of the time I used my Mom's q...read more

by Brenda Williams

On the Front Porch I'm at the beach sitting on the front porch of my Victorian home with a wraparound porch that grandma left to me. The couple of chai tea is warming up my soul for writing. I have been waiting all ...read more

by Karyn Campbell

It's Thanksgiving Day and the Lucky family sits down to a five-course meal at the family table. All of the family is present from Great-Aunt Edna, the widow of Mr. Lucky's uncle once removed, to little Davey, the first gr...read more

by Sharon Wells

Psalms - 69:30 - I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Humility, "the quality or state of being humble", is the key for staying in the mindset of thankfulness. Being humble ...read more

by Elena H.

Twelve Ways to Make Thanksgiving More Meaningful Our family is not one that thinks you have to always do things the same way. In Thanksgivings past we have had turkey and dressing and all the traditional fixings. We ha...read more

by Christine Senter

It's hard to be thankful for anything when it seems that everything is going wrong in your world. You might be having one of those days when your kids are sick, the washing machine has just spewed soapy water all over the...read more

by Kak McAlister

Thanksgiving "In-deed"! In reading Lincoln's Proclamation of a Thanksgiving Day for all Americans, I offer thanks for there being in existence (and a way of sharing easily) such a reminder of where our blessings truly ori...read more

by Myrna Writewood

Thoughts on thankfulness, we've got to be grateful, got to be thankful that God gives us another day, another chance, that we can make our amends to him. Where he is a forgiving God, a God of our understanding. We should...read more

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by Ruth D. Hochman

Thankful Thursday I have to be honest when I admit that I don't believe I have ever truly come to appreciate the idea of holidays, customs and rituals. In more ways than one, they all seem a bit silly. I mean, I get the...read more

by Renae Richardson

While looking over the archives of massive e-mail's received over the past five years; I came across one from my husband. This particular e-mail did not seem any more extraordinary than the others which vied for my attenti...read more

by croberts

As i sit here this morning and contemplate on thankfulness i look upon a life of living, that i am thankful for. Even though i have ranted and raved, cried and moaned on why i was born or to wh...read more

by Colleen C Smith

Having a heart of gratefulness is a sure way to bring abundance into our lives. Our mind is limited in the kind of way that only allows our thoughts to focus on one specific thought at a time. The truth is you cannot compl...read more

by Spirit

Miracles in our daily lives normally come to us in small packages and in an easily undetectable manner. Thankfulness is sometimes hard to do when we undermine our very own insensitivities to the things around us and wi...read more

by Mary Pat Lynch

Gratitude, thankfulness, appreciation: These words are supposed to create warm feelings in every human heart but do they? Think back to when you sat in a desk on a cold November day, scrawling the yearly essay "What I'...read more

by Michael Bettencourt

THANKSGIVING I've always found Thanksgiving a strange holiday. What, exactly, are we giving thanks for? There's the usual party line, that we're re-creating the original Thanksgiving Day meal of the Pilgrims and givin...read more

by Olivia Alexander

Each morning that I arise I thank God. I am thankful because it is a good day above ground. I am thankful because all is well with my family. I am thankful for all things both good and bad.It is simply human nature to alwa...read more

by LMB

PUT RELATIONSHIP CONFLICTS ASIDE FOR A DAYAND GIVE THANKS The holidays can often be a time of stress for families. It seems as though we humans have a tendency to get caught up in the details of things and forget to...read more

by Stushie

I received an email the other day from a Christian in India, who reads the daily devotions that I write (www.glenkirk.blogspot.com) . Both Tharian Matthew and his wife are working hard teaching Christ's message in his own c...read more