Dear Reader:

Yesterday Kate Wolfe-Jenson’s monthly newsletter popped up and I had to laugh. We have been thinking along the same lines with November, Thanksgiving, and gratitude. Jenson always makes me more aware of the fact that her challenges are so difficult but she always keeps going…for example…the drawing above is one of her originals drawn with her mouth/teeth since she can no longer use her arms during to debilitating restrictions of MS.

Amazing. Her idea of gratitude paralleled mine but she used all of our “senses” to reinforce the gratitude we should feel doing the simplest things every day.

You are awash in blessings, but sometimes you forget to notice them. The trick, then, is to find ways to remember.

Let your eyes invite you into gratitude.
– – Look around you and find something orange. Today, may everything orange invite you to give thanks.
– – Look around you and notice something round. Tomorrow, may everything round beckon you toward gratitude.

Let your ears invite you into gratitude.
– – Listen for the roar of an engine. The day after tomorrow, may the noise of your car be an invocation.
– – Listen for the voice of someone you love. Three days from now, may your loved one call you to give thanks.

Let your nose invite you into gratitude.
– – Sniff the air. Four days from now, go outside, take a deep breath and sing praise.
– – Smell the aroma of your soap. Five days from now, may you wash your face in a pool of grace.

Let your mouth invite you into gratitude.
– – Taste your morning drink. Six days from now, let your coffee, tea, or juice trickle you into thanksgiving.
– – Taste your food. A week from now, may the flavors of your dinner remind you of all that is good.

Let your fingers invite you into gratitude.
– – Enjoy the smooth. Eight days from now, may dishes, countertops and computer mice call you to give thanks.
– – Enjoy the rough. Nine days from now, may the brushes, roads and bushes near you prickle you awake.

So until tomorrow….For the next ten days let sights, shapes, sounds, touch, and taste remind us of all the blessings that surround us 24/7.

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

Ya Libby came to spend the night…her high school St. George graduating class was having a reunion right at Miler Country Club…one street down from me. The B&B was so happy to have someone stay over there again. Looking good Libby…hoping you are shagging to all the Motown music!