Thanksgiving 2017: Seal of Approval
I created these seal-y images for you, dear readers, with gratitude for our wide-ranging conversations and deepening friendships. Feel free to download & share the memes on social media.
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#ThankfulThursday: “A fierce and enduring gratitude”
Let us meet just slightly west and south of a place called despair.
It is a place that does not turn away from difficulty or fierceness. And yet it is also a place of paradoxical gratitude, where images, metaphors, powerful language and practices of grateful living combine to bring about moments of belonging, grace and yes, even joy. —Dale Biron
#FrecklesFriday: Reciprocated gifts
To the vast blue ocean, I offered a single rose,
and whispered a simple prayer about gratitude and grace.
It was ushered into deeper waters by the outgoing tides.
The ocean swaddled it in velvet,
And sang to it sweet lullabies and old, familiar hymns.
Time passed. The tides rolled in and receded.
I waded in the shallows, watched the rosebud sink and rise again.
A deep peace washed over me, and when the tidewaters dipped to their lowest ebb, I discovered these treasures from the sea.
Is it any wonder that Freckles likes to lounge here, in Treasure Island Cove?
Thanksgiving
For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.
For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night;
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
"For the Beauty of the Earth," by Folliott Pierpoint.
♥ Happy Thanksgiving, my cherished friends! ♥
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours
Every time we remember to say thank you, we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.
–Sarah Ban Breathnach
Image Credit: "Abundance," a stained glass window at Sonnenberg Mansion