Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. As we’re looking forward to spending time with family and friends, I think it’s important not to lose sight of the true meaning of the holiday: a time to count one’s blessings. I keep a gratitude journal: each night before I go to bed, I list at least three things I was grateful for that day. Gratitude is a powerful force. It shifts your mood and your thoughts from a place of lack to a place of abundance. Gratitude is all about being in the present moment, and appreciating what’s around you.
Several years ago, I started my tradition of making a “Thanksgiving ABC’s” list. Some of the items on the list repeat year after year, others are new. Here’s this year’s list:
A: Allegra
B: Books
C: Cats, of course!
D: Dessert
E: Eating out – one of my great pleasures in life
F: Friends
G: Google – because how did we ever live without it?
H: Hallmark Channel Christmas movies
I: my independence
J: Joy
K: Kindness
L: Lazy Sundays
M: Music
N: New York City, my favorite city in the world
O: Organic products
P: Purring
Q: Quiet
R: Ruby
S: Sunny days
T: Torties!
U: Unscheduled time
V: Veterinarians and veterinary staff, for all they do to make cats’ lives better
W: Weekends
X: X-mas. Even though I’m not crazy about this abbreviation of Christmas, I can never think of anything else that starts with X, and I do love Christmas!
Y: You – our readers!
Z: the Zoomies – it’s what I call it when Ruby races through the house like a crazy kitten for no reason at all
What are you grateful for this Thanksgiving?
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