At Thanksgiving we pause to reflect on what we're thankful for.
All too often, people don't realize how much they HAVE, until they are suddenly faced with what they don't have. This year, my reflection began with David's health and our lack of TIME!
David and Leo - Thanksgiving Night
While it's easy to bemoan the time we don't have, I would rather embrace each day as we always did......Date Night, woo-hoo! AND continue to discuss (as always), all the wonderful things in our lives that we have, and are still thankful for.- For each other, and our special love and very close friendship we've shared for 30 years.
- For our Love of God, and our Faith in Him.
- For our precious family, closest friends who became 'family,' and all our dear friends.
- For our children; the joy they bring to our lives, the lessons we learned from them, and the growth in OUR character from those lessons.
- For our granddaughters, and the blessing and JOY they bring to our lives!
- For the ability to love and be loved.
- For the ability to forgive and be forgiven.
- For the times we were able to help others, and be helped by others.
- For the many people who crossed our paths during our life's journey, and who touched our lives tremendously.
- For the miracle of life that we were given, and for our time and purpose here on earth!
It is time, experiences, relationships and love that I'm most thankful for. Each experience creates a part of our character, which in turn becomes a part of our soul.
Time provides those experiences, and during each experience, both good and bad, great or tragic there is a measurement of how we react during that moment in life; AND it is who we become in the midst of those experiences that is what's most important. Those experiences become a sum total of every moment lived, every choice we ever make & it's consequences, and every way we act & react during that situation! Through those experiences our souls learn many of life's valuable lessons, one of which is how to truly love.
Love is the most valuable and most powerful treasure anyone could possess. If you know love, and give love, then your heart and soul also have learned sadness and pain; juxtaposed feelings that can't be known without the other. But, once a heart knows love, it becomes overflowing with happiness and joy. And, whether you are on a mountain top, or in a valley, a heart that knows true love is empowered and can stand up for, or against anything that comes it's way. We 'Mama Lions' know that one quite well!
So, as I reflect on what means the most to me in my life, I would have to say that everything I am truly thankful for are things that reside in my heart: love, relationships, memories, joy, peace and hope. I wish you all the experiences in life that touch your soul, and bring you to know true love.
With Love,
Linda
Time provides those experiences, and during each experience, both good and bad, great or tragic there is a measurement of how we react during that moment in life; AND it is who we become in the midst of those experiences that is what's most important. Those experiences become a sum total of every moment lived, every choice we ever make & it's consequences, and every way we act & react during that situation! Through those experiences our souls learn many of life's valuable lessons, one of which is how to truly love.
Love is the most valuable and most powerful treasure anyone could possess. If you know love, and give love, then your heart and soul also have learned sadness and pain; juxtaposed feelings that can't be known without the other. But, once a heart knows love, it becomes overflowing with happiness and joy. And, whether you are on a mountain top, or in a valley, a heart that knows true love is empowered and can stand up for, or against anything that comes it's way. We 'Mama Lions' know that one quite well!
I truly believe that if your heart and soul are full of love,
then that is the most precious possession you will ever have,
and the most priceless gift you will ever give.
then that is the most precious possession you will ever have,
and the most priceless gift you will ever give.
So, as I reflect on what means the most to me in my life, I would have to say that everything I am truly thankful for are things that reside in my heart: love, relationships, memories, joy, peace and hope. I wish you all the experiences in life that touch your soul, and bring you to know true love.
With Love,
Linda
Bear now has a twin brother.
The BEARS on Thanksgiving!
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