Cedar Waxwing in Autumn Leaves

"Give me the end of the year an' its fun 

 When most of the plannin' an' toilin' is done; 

 Bring all the wanderers home to the nest, 

 Let me sit down with the ones I love best, 

 Hear the old voices still ringin' with song, 

 See the old faces unblemished by wrong, 

 See the old table with all of its chairs 

 An' I'll put soul in my Thanksgivin' prayers." 

- Edgar A. Guest, Thanksgiving

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Male Cardinal in the Pokeberries

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

 ― Charles Dickens

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Grateful

Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker hanging on the suet feeder on a rainy day.  

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. 

— G.K. Chesterton

A Feast of Berries

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

 ~ Melody Beattie

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Dove In the Berries

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!

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Thanksgiving

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!
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. ~Unknown

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thankful

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.

~Cicero

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

~Theodore Roosevelt 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 Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness. 

~ Robert Casper Lintner