Thanksgiving

[pepper4]

This is a time to be thankful for things in our lives. For me... family, health, shelter, good food, both from the stores and my garden and most of all for those that protect the US year round.
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Bambi

[petalfuzz]

Yeppers!

My hubby and I had thanksgiving in mid october and it was great! We'll have it again this month. We are so very thankful because we are living week to week and are always amazed by how good God is.
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Carolyn
Zone 5b

[The Helpful Gardener]

I am, as always, thankful for the group that gathers here and makes us a community. A very special holiday to you all.

HG
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Scott Reil
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[rainbowgardener]

My family is small and scattered far and wide so my celebrations are done with my created family and community, including you all.

It is the time to stop in the rush of days to give thanks for the multitude of blessings that flow to us unearned, the love of family and friends, the faithful community, the natural world now transitioning from the glowing color of fall to the austere elegance of winter, the bountiful harvest. Stop to include those who are lonely and share with those who hunger.

10 Thanksgiving Quotes to Celebrate The True Meaning of Thanksgiving
Noel Jameson

1. "The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving." ~ H.U. Westermayer

2. "Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow." ~ Edward Sandford Martin

3. "There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American." ~ O. Henry

4. "You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled." ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

5. "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

6. "We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction." ~ Harry A. Ironside

7. "It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general." ~ Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

8. "It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful for. He who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fire. Nothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredient. But a thankful heart hath a continual feast." ~ W. J. Cameron

9. "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." ~ Cicero

10. "Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men, but be careful that you do not take the day and leave out the gratitude." ~ E.P. Powell

This Thanksgiving Day, let's remember what we truly have to be thankful for. Let's take a good, hard look around us and realize that while we may not have everything we want, what we want is not always what we need. Let these ten Thanksgiving quotes remind you of the true meaning of this great American holiday as you celebrate with friends and family.
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