To all my family, friends, readers, fellow-bloggers, service members, police, first responders, and fellow veterans everywhere, I wish you a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving.

I thought I would share a few interesting Thanksgiving quotes I discovered …

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Willie Nelson

Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.

John Ortberg

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.

Oscar Wilde

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

President John F. Kennedy

You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot, For the places and people you’re lucky you’re not!

Dr. Seuss

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness

William Shakespeare

Gratitude is a gift we all should share more of. And, I’d be very grateful for another piece of that pumpkin pie!

D.C. Gilbert