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Today I’m blessed to have a host of heroes in my life.

A long line of heroes I hope will never end

I find them in the strength, 

the courage 

the support

and the love 

of my family… 

and my friends. 

 Today I’m thankful for fishing…and for our son Ryan

I am not a fisherman…but our son Ryan is…

you might say when it comes to fishing…

Ryan is a whiz. 

I love that Ryan grew up fishing…

that being a fisherman has always been his wish..

Because he will never remember his best day watching TV

but he will remember his best day 

out on the water 

catching fish.

How blessed are we to have nature as our teacher

although her biggest obstacle

 which leads to her biggest concern

is how even the greatest teacher cannot teach

those who are unwilling to learn.

 Today I’m thankful for children

and for John F. Kennedy..

Who said:

Children are the messages we send

to a time we will not see.

May we be blessed when our children are young

to help shape their attitude…

to begin when they are babies to teach them gratitude…

how they should when they sit down to eat…before one bite is chewed

always pause… 

to take a moment 

and give thanks for the food

Today I’m thankful for the eagle

who as he or she gracefully takes flight

Reminds us to fly high and keep our goals in sight

And speaking for myself…

I am constantly enthralled…

how the eagle keeps reminding me

It is beautiful to be bald.

Today I’m once again thankful for children…

And how with innocence and purity they’ve been kissed

giving them the ability to see and feel things 

we adults oftentimes have missed.

Which is why we need to make an effort

as within us more and more years and information are compiled

to try to find that innocence and purity in ourselves…

and if we can’t…

to rediscover it in a child.

Today I’m thankful for shooting stars…who prove quite effective

on helping us in life…keep a healthy and optimistic perspective…

For shooting stars all know…once from the sky the heavens free them….

only those of us looking up…will ever get to see them.

 Today I’m thankful for wisdom 

And for I yield to the wisdom of two brains…

Mary Catherine Bateson (Margaret mead’s daughter)

And, who else, but Mark Twain….

Mary Catherine Bateson said, realizing wisdom must be earned 

“We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”

And I remember Mark Twain’s words

whenever I think I know all the things I need to know:

‘It’s not what we know that gets us in trouble

It’s what we know for sure…that just aint so.