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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.

Today I’m thankful for Native American wisdom on the importance of nature…

and how the wisdom of their elders has been proven true….

They knew the lack of respect for growing living things

would lead to a lack of respect…for humans too.

Today I’m thankful for the air around us

for two simple reasons why…

How it is there to receive our first breath

As well as our last good-bye

Today I’m thankful for the magic inherent in kindness…

We should never take an act of kindness for granted…NEVER!

because the simplest act of kindness

can lead to feelings that echo into forever.

Today I’m thankful for gratitude:

May it be a quality in us we always keep…

and may gratitude be the pillow

upon which we lay our head each night to sleep