A Very Blessing Manifesting Thanksgiving

Over here in the States it is officially Thanksgiving Day. A day to be with family and to acknowledge and appreciate the things in your life that you are grateful for.

I am celebrating softly.

I made my favorite green bean casserole. I'm going to re-watch The Hunger Games and spend time reading Catching Fire and then I'm going to sleep in preparation for working this evening at my retail job.

As I said in You Have Permission to be a Scrooge, do what makes you happy. Don't buy into the belief that this has to be a hectic time of rushing around and being stressed out. This is a time of grace and thanksgiving. If you allow it to be, it is a time of beauty and softness and family-ties and appreciation and bounty. How will you celebrate this year?

I wanted to give a (short) list of all of the things that I am grateful for today. I hope that you will share your list here too.

I am grateful for...

The number of amazing women I've met the last few years.

My little cozy apartment that is finally starting to feel like mine.

The drive to get up most days and show up and be here.

My family, a collection of amazing human beings that I gathered myself. :)

The path that led me here to where I am today, no matter how hard and difficult it was.

The number of absolutely amazing books I have read so far this year. They have been wonderful.

You. You reading this right now. Thank you.

"If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough." - Meister Eckhart