Motivation Mondays: Happy Thanksgiving #mondaymotivation
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My Thanksgiving is perpetual.” Henry David Thoreau
Motivation Mondays: Happy Thanksgiving – Transcendent Moments of Awe in the Sky #mondaymotivation
Motivation Mondays: Happy Thanksgiving – Transcendent Moments of Awe in the Sky & Seasonal Squash #mondaymotivation
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. Henry Van Dyke
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. John Milton
What Are You Thankful For? As Thanksgiving Day approaches, the simplest things make me pause and feel thankful for each breath I take. Yesterday evening, I looked out my living room window, and the sky was rich with color. Purple, red, and orange-gold hues danced before my eyes, and I was swept away to a place of deep joy and gratitude. As we all prepare to enjoy our Thanksgiving meals and the coming weekend, let’s not forget these important Thanksgiving Tips: Share our Thanksgiving History/Heritage, Give thanks/Be grateful, Practice food safety, and gather informative, helpful travel tips. Gratitude is key during this season… and patience, too. I know that we must express our gratitude year-round and not wait for one day to do so; however, the point of this special day is to remind us all of what we value most: love, life, friends, family, health, our home, every action that uplifts humanity, our pets, the power of prayer, andGod’ss immutable grace. What do you value most? Add your own list in the comments. Stay motivated by all that is good in humanity and share your gratitude!
“If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.” Frank A. Clark
Motivation Mondays: Happy Thanksgiving – Transcendent Moments of Awe in the Sky #mondaymotivation
Motivation Mondays: Happy Thanksgiving – Transcendent Moments of Awe in the Sky #mondaymotivation
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. Henri Frederic Amiel
Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. Konrad von Gesner
What Insights help you Stay Motivated? Reading inspiring books and walking in nature help me stay motivated. Both fuel my mind and help me make the necessary shifts that I need … we all need that. Recently, I read three truly inspiring books: Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord, Peace and Plenty: Finding Your Path to Financial Serenity by Sarah Ban Breathnach, and Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock. I invite you to expand your reading material and share.
The hazy photos above gave me something to reflect on. Sometimes, we walk around in a daze, not knowing what to do next or how to handle a challenging situation. We see everything through a fog, and we forget to appreciate the beauty in all things. I’m motivated by the fact that when we choose to see the beauty and good during hard times, our burdens lift… even if only slightly. I’m glad to share that the fog will lift, and we must stay committed to living our lives with hearts full of gratitude. I took the photo above and below last night, and it was such a joy not to delete either one.
WHAT AM I THANKFUL FOR?
My recipe of thanks will have …
A vat full of love,
Endless cups of life,
Pounds and ounces of friends,
100 ladles of family,
108 tablespoons of health,
1 teaspoon from home,
Sprinkles from everyone,
Bowls of everything that uplifts humanity,
Carefully fold in scoops of our pets,
Mix in the power of prayer and
Add God’s immutable grace…
Stir with gusto and enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. From me – Elizabeth & Family
The details for Motivation Mondays are below. Join in! The themes for October and November are:
10/05 – SMILE – World Smile Day
10/12 – DISCOVER – Columbus Day
10/19 – COMMUNITY – UN Day & Make A Difference Day
10/26 – FEAR – Halloween Day
11/02 – LEGACY/REMEMBRANCE – All Souls/All Saints Day (11/1)
11/09 – HONORING VETERANS – Veterans Day (11/11) &
11/16 – HONORING ALL/OUR CHILDREN – Universal CChildren’sDay/World Children’s Day (11/20) & Great American Smokeout Day (11/19)
11/23 – GIVING THANKS – Thanksgiving Day! (11/26)
11/30 – REVISIT KINDNESS – World Kindness Day (11/13)
More Below!
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.” W. Clement Stone
Motivation Mondays: Happy Thanksgiving – Transcendent Moments of Awe in the Sky #mondaymotivation
Motivation Mondays: Happy Thanksgiving – Transcendent Moments of Awe in the Sky #mondaymotivation
Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one’s voice. Joseph B. Wirthlin
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. Victor Hugo
How are YOU planning to celebrate Thanksgiving? Are you motivated to try a new dish, exercise, or a new way of celebration? I don’t know what plans you have for Thursday, but I hope they include time with loved ones… I wish you peace, good cheer, and safety! I will spend mine with family and friends and enjoy a good meal. I hope to catch up on some sleep and maybe watch a movie or two. Here’s sending Happy Thanksgiving wishes to everyone! During this joyful season, please think of our troops, the sick, the destitute, our friends and family who are traveling or away, and anyone else who is alone during this time of celebration. Send them a heartfelt message of love and goodwill.
Thank you to my readers, to all of you who stop by to comment or just read this blog, to friends and family online and off, to my fellow bloggers, BlogHer and SITSGirls SITstahs, WordPress staffers and happiness engineers, my social media and Facebook groups friends, friends in various communities, and everyone out there. Let us not forget to share our good fortune with others… Let us not forget the children and families who have lost lives and loved ones around the world. Happy Thanksgiving!
Positive Motivation Tip: Giving thanks uplifts both the receiver and the giver. Share your gratitude and thankfulness this season and beyond.
Motivation Mondays is open to anyone who wants to share a motivational quote, photo, personal challenge, or post that encourages others to start the week on an upbeat note.
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I am looking forward to spending the day in NYC at the parade this year.
This is a great reminder that there are so many things to be Thankful for this Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for my family and my home and that I get to spend the holiday with some of my favorite people!
A beautiful, thankful post, Eliz. I am grateful for this. 🙂
The sunset was stunning yesterday! As my husband was driving us to dinner, I looked out the window into the Manhattan skyline and they shone in Orange/gold hues! It was beautiful! This thanksgiving I am thankful for my husband, son, close friends and family and my ability to fight through my anxiety on a daily basis.
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m so thankful for my family, friends, my country and for those that serve to protect our freedom. I’m also thankful for God’s grace and that his mercy is new every morning.
I am guilty of comparing my situation to others’ way too often, so I’ve been keeping a gratitude journal to keep some perspective. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
I need to think about all the things I’m thankful for too. I’ve been busy lately and this week will be a good week to focus on what matters.
and for those of us who are Christians, we thank God EVERY single day! Period! 😀
love your autumn pictures so very pretty. I too have so much to be thankful for. having the ability to write this comment, a home, internet and electricity are just to start with
My son had to list 10 things he is thankful for on homework for grade 2-I loved hearing his thoughts that included toys, clothes, God, family, friends…
Goodness what a breath taking sight! I too am very thankful and grateful for all God has given me this time of year, of course I’m thankful all the time, but especially around the holidays.
I love the purple sunsets. I have only seen pink skies.
I like the way you defined gratitude and thankfulness. That is such a clear way to present the difference.
We already had our Thanksgiving Day here in Canada. You enjoy yourselves on Thursday!
reading inspiring books helps me stay motivated and i am so thankful for the authors that brought their beautiful words to my life
I am thankful my husband has one good job and can support our family I’m thankful we will see family this year for the holiday
This is a brand new monday. i am really thankful for my fast weeks. love this motivation quote
I am grateful for life and for the freedom to worship as I please.
and if we are Christians, we thank God EVERY single day of our lives for EVERYTHING that He has and continues to give us – PERIOD! 😀
Amazing photos! The colors are just brilliant!
It surely is a Christian value to be thankful. That means we acknowledge God’s work in our lives. And if we overflow with gratitude, it would be best to share God’s love, that’s a Christian’s ministry.
What a great post! You always have the most beautiful pictures 🙂
Oh I love all of these Fall photos. I am very thankful for my family and friends, especially after having been through a tough time recently with our Dad in the hospital 🙁
I love seeing the beautiful colors of fall in photos. Hopefully, I get to experience this for myself one day. Happy Thanksgiving Day!
I always thank the Lord for everything that I have right now in my life, from the little things to the baggiest things. Waking up everyday is a great blessings for me.
I’m so thankful to have a healthy family and have a real friends. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
Seeing your acorn squash reminded me to check what I am baking in the kitchen lol. Happy Thanksgiving.
We don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving here in the Philippines, but I take the time out during that holiday to ponder on the blessings that I have received that year. I’m pretty sure I”ll be making a nice long post about Thanksgiving this year.
So excited for Thanksgiving. I can’t wait to see my family and enjoy their company.
Yes, I think this is why I love this time of year. It forces us all to take a moment and reflect on what we have to be thankful for 😀
You bet we all need to be grateful for all we have and the blessings we receive.
Purple isn’t always a color associated with the many different hues of fall, but you have definitely captured it. I love your purple and yellow sunset photos!
The beauty of Autumn, there’s always a reason to be thankful everyday thanks for this a very uplifting message.
Your photographs look awesome! How did you capture those rich purples and oranges? Amazing nature in vibrant color. – Fred
I love the recipe for Thankfulness.
Amazing pictures and Happy Thanksgiving to You. 🙂
Gasp! These are my favorite photos so far from your posts! Just beautiful.
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family this year.
Happy Thanksgiving! We should always be thankful everyday, big or small thing, it is a blessing.
Beautiful fall pictures and colors. I’m thankful to have my family to spend Thanksgiving with, including a new grandson.
We’re spending Thanksgiving with family. Always try to cherish the time we have together.
Beautiful skies… We don’t have any Thanksgiving plan but definitely will spend time with my hubby and kids
There is a lot to be thankful for in this life. I have been blessed immensely, although I tend to look more into the knots and bumps rather than to appreciate the tiny blooms. Wishing you and your family, Elizabeth, a blessed and meaningful Thanksgiving. Spread the love!
I am thankful that I will be spending Thanksgiving with my family!! We will enjoy good food, company and many laughs!!
Great post. I thinks we sometimes forget that there are so many things to be thankful for like being alive and having people to love and love us.
Great post. I think we sometimes forget to be thankful for the simple things like being alive and having people to love who love us back.
Those purple hues are incredible!
Beautiful photos! I’m thankful for so many things this Thanksgiving , including family, friends, new beginnings and Health.
I am thankful that I have finally gained the courage to start my own business, my friends and family. I love these photos, fall is my favorite time of you and you have captured it’s beauty.
I have so much to be thankful for and love to be reminded
There are just so many things in our lives that we have to be thankful for every day. All we need is a grateful heart to see how much we are all blessed.
I am thankful for my family who are traveling to us this year and hope they all have a safe drive
Love this & I love this time of year for the very same reason. It’s a great reminder to be grateful for all we have.
Lovely collages. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
my grandpa and I are planning on going to disneyland to spend the day together which is new since the other years I have been working at disneyland on thanksgiving
Happy thanksgiving week to you! This year, I’m thankful for everything I gained, lost, and continue to have.
Giving thanks to the Lord for the blessings that we received daily and for our lives too. Reaching out for other people’s gratitude and share the bounty for them.
great quotes to live by. loving those photos
I like your thankful list. Great things to think about this year!
Whether we celebrate it or not, it’s really important to be grateful for what we have even just for a day. That’s the essence of Thanksgiving.
Looking at the pictures of sunset and dawn inspires me,I love the vibrancy of the colours
It’s always good to remind yourself and those around of what you are grateful for. Thanksgiving comes just once a year, but we are all grateful for these things year round.
I wish we celebrated Thanksgiving in the Philippines as well! I love what it represents 😀
I love the colors in the photos. I have to say that I am truly thankful for my family. Don’t know where I’d be without them.
Happy thanksgiving! We don’t celebrate it here but I think it’s such a wonderful tradition to appreciate what you are thankful for in life. 🙂
something that i needed to motivate me and do my best for this week.
Happy Thanksgiving to you! These photos and words are beautiful 🙂
I love that Henry David quote… Thanks for such wonderful motivational post!!
Being grateful and appreciative is something we often take for granted. Lately, part of my journal reflections is to try to be more appreciative and thankful for what I have. I often notice what is missing, what is lacking in my life. It’s time to tweak my mindset a little bit and start counting my blessings instead. Thanks for the reminder!
Happy Thanksgiving! Our thanksgiving was back in October but I’m still thankful everyday for my family and my life that I am so happy with!
Beautiful pictures and sentiments. I love how you added patience in there; so important yet sometimes missing around the Thanksgiving Table! This year I am thankful that even though I miss the mark on so many things; I have a God who calls me His and never lets me go.
Thanksgiving brings many thoughts to me….being thankful for the life…many opportunities…for people who loved us.
thanksgiving brings me many thoughts…being thankful for the life….for many blessings!!!
Happy Thanksgiving day and may you have a wonderful year end. We do celebrate Thanks Giving day here too but not in a big way, just among the family members.
Happy Thanksgiving to you! I hope that you and your family have a great holiday!
Your comments about being in a daze ring so true for me. Boy do I find myself that way a lot!
What a wonderful idea. I will continue to tune in.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, it is simply about family and gratitude.
I think it’s so essential to be thankful and grateful everyday of the year not just Thanksgiving 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful post and beautiful pictures, as always!
I am super thankful for my family and friends. I hope that you and your family has a Happy Thanksgiving.
I love the pictures. Love the fall colors. I find it funny that people always what to say thanks around this time of year. It saddens me that the important thing is to be thankful every single day for yourself and for others. So being grateful for being alive everyday inspires me to be grateful and thankful to others.
So many beautiful colours in this post. I hope you have a happy thanksgiving!
These pictures are gorgeous! And I think it’s safe to say we all could use some motivation on a Monday! : )
What lovely fall photos. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, I hope you spend it with those you cherish most.
Thank you! Blessings to you and yours <3
What lovely fall photos. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, I hope you spend it with those you cherish most.
Likewise Holly. TY! <3
The purple and pink sunset through the tree is just amazing. I’m always amazed at the colors the sky can make.
Have a happy Thanksgiving Hope your day is filled with love and blessings!
It’s just me and my husband for Thanksgiving so we are keeping it low key I’m just cooking a chicken. We are having pumpkin pie though….
Hope you had a beautiful time together! <3
wow great pictures vivid colors. happy thanks giving.
TY and likewise! <3
Great blog nice guides, Thanks giving is coming so fast. Cant Wait for December.
Happy Thanksgiving! There’s so much to be thankful for! I’m thankful for my family, work, and friends.
Likewise. TY! 🙂
These pictures are beautiful! I love this time of the year…beautiful and fun to stay with family.
I love your recipe of thanks! I am thankful for my family and being able to be with them over the holidays!
TY Kendra! <3
Happy Thanksgiving! We don’t celebrate that here in our country but we know it’s thanksgiving day when there’s a Black Friday Sale. ^^
Thank you! Likewise! 🙂
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in the Philippines, so I’ve never experienced the turkey dinner. I do however am thankful for a lot of things, for the gift of family and friends. 🙂
These are gorgeous pics! Looking at them is inspiring.
One of favourite quotes is, “In all things give thanks,” and that is what I try to do throughout the year not just at thanksgiving.
Yes, we must always be in a spirit of thankfulness. <3
I love Motivational Mondays, really makes me think of what I am doing and goals for the week
I am thankful for thoughtful bloggers like yourself.
I’m thankful for you too! 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
I have always been thankful for the love I receive from my family and friends and this thanksgiving I will spend my time with them.
We will never run out of things to be thankful of. 🙂 I am thankful for the motivation this blog gives to its readers. Kudos!
Many thank yous too! <3 Happy Thanksgiving!
What I’m thankful for right now? Visiting here and seeing all these fall colors and words of wisdom. Truly inspiring and I’m more motivated now to go on traveling. Thank you!
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse”. – Henry Van Dyke
I love this quote. I am actually thinking of the difference between the two. All along I thought they are just synonymous to each other. Lol. But great, I learned something new today 🙂
Great affirmations! Words to live by.
There is a lot to consider here. I am grateful at all times, but even much more so at this time of year. Thankfulness opens my heart to sincere gratitude, to humility, to the understanding that I am not above God.
Thanks for the great motivational quotes! I especially like your perspective on how you sometimes need to look past the fog to appreciate the great things in our lives.
Thanksgiving here in the Philippines ia Christmas. We celebrate it for several months. Not juat on the 25th of December
In my country, we do not really celebrate thanksgiving, however, when i worked in the BPO industry, i became aware of this occasion… so every now and then, whenever Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US i would also thanks people around me for all the help they gave to me. having people around you is probably the best thing that i am thankful for. love this post.! thanks for sharing.. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
Love your recipe of thanks. I know Thanksgiving is over, but being thankful should be everyday, not just in words, in action as well.
I love your recipe of thanks. I know Thanksgiving Day is over, but being thankful is everyday, not just in words, in action as well; not just in happiness, in whatever circumstances as well.
Thank you for your continues shower of daily motivation. I hope you enjoyed your thanksgiving. You have an awesome photos 🙂
The day I started working in a call center is when I started knowing about thanksgiving. I hope we can have this as holiday in PH too. It’s an awesome time for family to be together and be thankful for everything.
I LOVE Thanksgiving, the parade in the morning and the festivity with family. I have a lot to be thankful to my family, friends and the blessings that come my way. Great post!:)
I believe that whatever situation a person is in, there’s always something to be thankful for. Gratitude breeds content and happiness.
As I grow older, I am also learning to appreciate the things I already have. I also learn to be thankful and grateful for all God’s blessings. Happy thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! We should always be thankful for all the blessings that we recieve.