"Thanksgiving is a day of great power. There is enormous strength derived from family and friends uniting together everywhere in prayer and celebration to give thanks to the Divine for the gifts and good fortune in their lives."
~ Gary Scott 
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It's a time of getting together with our family and friends, dining together, and giving thanks for everyone and everything.
I am grateful that today has been a beautiful, sunny Fall day. Golden, red, and brown leaves have cascaded and draped our streets and lawns with Autumn's rich palette. The temperature has hovered in that comfortable, walking weather that so typifies this time of the year in the South.
So after having a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, my Mom and I took a walk along our city's century plus aged canal beside the Broad River. The mighty river was much more subdued than it was a few days earlier after the heavy rains. The dam is still overflowing like a waterfall, though, and provided a very peaceful, and healing experience just listening to it's roar.
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It's a time of getting together with our family and friends, dining together, and giving thanks for everyone and everything.
I am grateful that today has been a beautiful, sunny Fall day. Golden, red, and brown leaves have cascaded and draped our streets and lawns with Autumn's rich palette. The temperature has hovered in that comfortable, walking weather that so typifies this time of the year in the South.
So after having a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, my Mom and I took a walk along our city's century plus aged canal beside the Broad River. The mighty river was much more subdued than it was a few days earlier after the heavy rains. The dam is still overflowing like a waterfall, though, and provided a very peaceful, and healing experience just listening to it's roar.
And then we stopped by the Lutheran Seminary and walked the labyrinth. All the time, counting our blessings for so many things. This labyrinth is one of 24 in South Carolina and it is based on the original one located in Chartres Cathedral, France, also known as a Medieval style labyrinth.
Walking a labyrinth is part of a pilgrimage. And Thanksgiving is part of a spiritual feast as well as a physical one. So it seems fitting that one of the symbols of Thanksgiving is a cornucopia, which reminds us of abundance in our lives.
"The angels are pouring a cornucopia of prosperity upon you and your life, and ask that you open your arms to receive. Some treasure will come in the form of brilliant ideas, and others as opportunities. With great love, the angels will work with you to realize your highest dreams and to bring miracles into your life." ~ Doreen Virtue
So wherever you are today, please take a
moment to be grateful. Your kind thoughts will be held in the great cosmos and bring light to us all.
Wishing you an abundance of peace, love, and light.
