{"id":12519,"date":"2017-11-22T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=12519"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:06:15","slug":"thanks-for-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2017\/11\/22\/thanks-for-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We just returned from two weeks in Egypt. So many experiences and impressions I don’t know how to talk about them all. Meantime, Thanksgiving is upon us. Always grateful for that.<\/p>\n

It occurs that we, as Americans, are among the few nations who celebrate that holiday, along with Canadians who do it earlier. It’s also the biggest travel holiday of the year . . . something I was often informed of when we lived in Canada (the Canadians finding us inscrutable in so many ways). But that aside, what we have in common is a dedicated day for gratitude, if we’ll remember that’s what it’s for.<\/p>\n

Around many tables tomorrow someone will ask everybody to state something they’re grateful for. Some will answer thoughtfully; for others it’ll be the first time they thought of it and will get through it with a glib \u201cturkey and dressing\u201d or \u201cfriends and family\u201d or \u201ceverything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fair enough, all these are good things. But for any who would like a grab bag of other thoughts to draw from, here’s a quick random selection that might apply.<\/p>\n

The house we live in
\nThe cars we drive
\nOur roads
\nOur job
\nOur children
\nTheir children
\nOur parents, living or dead
\nOur health
\nThe air we breathe and the lungs to breathe it by
\nSleep and the comfort of our beds
\nThe trees around us and all the plants
\nOur pets and friends in the animal kingdom
\nAirports and airplanes
\nAll telecommunications
\n911
\nHelpful neighbors
\nElectric light, furnaces and indoor plumbing (hot and cold)
\nThe sun and the rain
\nOur computers and Internet and access to all knowledge
\nThe art on our walls
\nCut flowers in a vase
\nGood coffee
\nStores everywhere
\nOur wherewithal to buy things
\nEyes to see, ears to hear, touch to feel, noses to savor
\nOur books and movies and all entertainments
\nOur opportunities for travel
\nDecent shoes
\nOpportunities to give
\nOur own stories
\nThe wonder of our knowledge
\nThe wonder of things beyond our knowledge
\nOur own particular gifts that make us unique
\nOur spouse to have and to hold
\nOur existence and the wonder of our lives in this time and place
\nGod himself, the giver of our lives and all good things
\nOur voice, with which to express these things
\nAnd, as we started: our friends, the Thanksgiving meal and of course: everything!<\/p>\n

Here’s a scripture on that, I Timothy 4.4:\u00a0\u00a0For everything<\/strong> God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll take that. You can have it too.<\/p>\n

Bless your holiday.<\/p>\n

_________________<\/p>\n

PS\u00a0 We’re hosting an open house and show the weekend after next: December 2 and 3, both afternoons.\u00a0 33752 Big Sur, Dana Point.\u00a0 All invited.<\/p>\n

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It’s a time to think about what we’ve got, past, present and future. The list is endless. Here’s a segment of mine you can use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12519"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12534,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12519\/revisions\/12534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}