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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Edited from the original title THANKSGIVING VS. TURKEY DAY,WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR ?posted for
Thanks giving.



Hi everyone,
When we give thanks or express gratitude we get ride of thoughts concerning the petty little complaints we find ourselves making, plus the other things we think we have to have. Even when we have problems there is always someone who has it worse than we do.

I'm grateful to have a dear wife that has loved me and shared life with me for close to 50 years.

I'm grateful for my family and their love,health and safety .

I'm grateful that I live in a country that we can express our opinions without being thrown in prison or being executed or persecuted.

I'm grateful to have a home that offers comfort that is in a,safe area and for the luxury of having a woodshop.

I'm grateful for the opportunities living in a free county offers.

I'm grateful myself and my family have enough to eat .

I'm grateful for friends in my life both in person and online.

I'm grateful for all of those who have given their lives and serve in the military to keep us free.

I'm grateful to think as I may about religion and for God's love.

I'm grateful that I have family close enough to share holidays with and grandchildren to share time with.

I'm grateful to have a place like lumberjocks to share my interest in woodworking.

I wish you all the best Thanksgiving ever.

What are you grateful for ?
 
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#2 · (Edited by Moderator)
Jim … I'm with you. This whole 'turkey day' thing is just part of what I see as the dumbing down of our society. Nothing is sacred anymore.

I have so many things to be thankful for I can't enumerate them all. But if I had to pick one thing that I am most grateful for I would have to say it would be the wonderful woman who married me 46 years ago.
 
#7 ·
I am very greatful for my wonderful wife Bronwen of 43 years I married her when I turned twenty we have been together since I was nineteen,on top of this I am very greatful for my three sons whom I love also very much.MY two grandchildren and daughter in law Lucie and all my friends some of whom I have known since birth or early school.I am not American and we don't celebrate thanksgiving but I want you all to have a great one to all my wonderful friends here on lumberjocks.You are all just the best beautiful people ever .Alistair
 
#10 ·
I'm one of great thanks! All your lists are also things that I'm thankful for, but most of all, I'm thankful for Christ dying for me on the cross so could know that I am saved, and glad I am.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
 
#14 ·
We did, except our son's family has the flu ;-( Just a minor inconvenience. Thankful it is not one of the serious dreaded diseases. Now we have an extra big pile of leftovers ;-)
 
#18 ·
You've covered about it all, Jim.

But my wife and I were in a local store yesterday and got split up for a while. When I finally saw her, there was a guy standing next to her talking to her. When I went up, he said hello and kept talking how lucky he was to be there, just be able to walk about the store, thanked God for everything, including being alive and the day before Thanksgiving looking forward to good food with a family he does not live with. He said a prayer for us right there and thanked us for talking to him. We did the same for him.
I'm thankful we could spend a few minutes with him and make a lonely man happy for a few minutes in an otherwise lonely big box store.
 
#21 ·
We are a traditional family; two grown children, four grandchildren and soon to be great-great parents with traditional values. For this I am grateful. We all live within 15 miles of each other and give support where needed. If I were a millionaire, I couldn't be any happier than I am now.
 
#23 ·
Thank you Jim. Your heart is made of gold and I'm thankful for people like you in this world.

I'm thankful for my wife is of 30 years.
I'm thankful for my children.
I'm thankful for every time I get to give my mother a hug like I did many times this past week.

I thank for God for my family, friends, my talents, my health, and the resources he has entrusted to me. I'm thankful for my salvation and the people who acted on Christ's behalf who guided me.

I'm thankful that I love this life but am fearless to leave it.

I'm thankful for you who reminds me to reflect.
 
#24 ·
I am thankful for everything good and bad that has happened to me so far. The good has made me humble and the bad has thought me a lesson in life to not repeat. I am very thankful when I look in a mirror each day and can smile at what I see. If I can't, I'll try to make that happen the next day. If I can't, I know I need to change my ways.
 
#25 ·
Mr Jinx,

What you said is awesome and made me reflect.

I used to be humiliated an awful lot. That comes from pretending to be something you're not.

It took a while for me to start recognizing that it's better to be who you are. The walk matches the talk. That's still not true humility. Its more like self defense. At least that's the case for me.

I'm still working through the fact that the good things that happen to me are not because I did something to actually deserve it. I deserve nothing. A sense of a propriety does nothing for me except create disappointment and jealousy. The good things that happen to me are a gift.

I can either be humiliated or recognize the gifts for what they are. I'm happy to say that I'm not humiliated or embarrassed quite as often. I wish I recognized the gifts more often and appreciate them as such. I'll keep working.

You have shared true wisdom sir.
 
#26 ·
Very difficult to name all the reasons I am thankful. God has seen fit to bless me in so many ways. My wife is the greatest gift ever. My children are healthy and happy. I live in a nation that allows me to work for whatever I need, I am extremely grateful for those in uniform that make that possible. I'm thankful that I had good parents. From the time I was small it was made clear to me that one cannot expect to be treated fairly, but I should be fair to anyone I meet. It's not about the wrath of karma, it's about doing the right thing as a matter of routine. One should never have to work at it, just who you are. I'm thankful that I was taught how to draw my strength from God, but not wait on him to fix things for me. I am thankful that I do not have to struggle with the simplest of things like feeding myself, or keeping protested from the elements. So many people in this world have so much worse than I do.
 
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