Have you found some time over the last few weeks to “prepare” for Thanksgiving Day this year?  You know I don’t mean making your menu and buying the “fixings” for the big day, don’t you?

Those things are important but so is a spirit of thankfulness and gratitude.  It helps us to recall what is meaningful in our lives and what makes our lives meaningful.  As we call those to mind, we can often see things in a better light.

I recently came across these words from Henri Nouwen,

Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a perspective puts God in view in all of life, not just in the moments we set aside for worship or spiritual disciplines. Not just in the moments when life seems easy.

What has helped you over the last weeks to make the move Nouwen describes?