
Thanksgiving and Christmas are times when we stop and appreciate the good things that have happened during the year. If we make an ongoing habit of looking for blessings throughout the year, we will be doubly blessed.
It is in the simple things of someone reaching out to us to see how we are doing, or saying thank you when we least expect it, or just simply listening, that harshness and tragedies can be reduced.
Sometimes in our haste to move past these times, we miss the blessings God is giving us – new growth and a new appreciation for what I have, no matter how small.