On the Eve of Thanksgiving

 Today is a good day to begin a blog dedicated to abundant blessing. Who needs to wait for the official go-ahead.  I need to be thankful today.   

   eve noun-

1: evening

2: the evening or the day before a special day

3: the period immediately preceding 

  thanks·giv·ing noun-

1: the act of giving thanks

2: a prayer expressing gratitude

3 a : a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness

   b capitalized : thanksgiving day

             as defined by Merriam-Webster.com

 

 The period immediately preceding a prayer of gratitude.  It's so easy to think that I'll be thankful later, just let me get through today.  It's so easy to live in that time immediately preceding gratitude.  It's easy to complain today and plan to be thankful tomorrow.  Let's get into the habit of moving into thanksgiving now, into the celebration of Divine Goodness, instead of always being just on the verge... waiting for something good enough to be thankful for, waiting for the appropriate time, waiting for a time that never seems to arrive, lost in the ins and outs of every ordinary day.  Let's open our eyes to the abundant blessings that surround us today.  No matter the circumstance, blessings abound. Blessed by family.  Blessed with home.  Blessed with health.  Blessed with friends.  Blessed with enough.  Blessed by the things in my day that largely go unnoticed.  Blessed even by things that don't seem like blessings. 
I'm starting this blog to remind myself that being thankful is a privilege, my key to an abundant life.  Inspired by Ann and her fantastic book,  I begin. 

 I am thankful, because I decide to be.