Monday thought...

Hey! Here it is, Monday again...and since it is Thanksgiving in a few days, I would like to share a thought about being thankful. Gratitude is something that I believe comes naturally to some and others have to work at it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be grateful and appreciative every time we should be? I am sometimes very bad at appreciating what I have, until it is too late, or the appropriate time to say a simple "thank you" has passed. I guess my thought this week is just simply a suggestion: Write a thank you note to someone who has served you or blessed your life in some way. I have been lucky enough to recieve thank you notes from very thoughtful people who have appreciated a lesson I have taught, or a meal I have brought over. It felt wonderful to read that I had done some good and touched someone's life. When I went on my mission, my mom gave me a letter she found in my dad's things. It was from a lady he baptized and it was a thank you note about how he had changed thier lives, and that she looked forward to seeing him again someday in the next life. That note was written some 50 years ago and I am sure they have had a happy reunion. What a gift this lady gave to not just my dad, but to me!
I am one of those people who THINKS about sending thank you notes...but doesn't quite get around to it..so today I say...take the leap and make yourself take 10 minutes and write a note. If you are already a note sender, thanks for being a good example. I am sure you have brightened many people's days! Thanks to all of you, because if you are reading this blog, you have blessed my family's life just by being you. Have a great day and if I have owed you a note of thanks over the years and neglected to do it...maybe I can turn over a new leaf and be thank you note SENDER and not a THINKER!