Gratitude Attitude
If you’re on Tyler Perry’s mailing list you know about the childhood memories he shared. Horrific accounts of the kind of verbal and sexual abuse that could have made him bitter, but made him thankful, instead, for all he has overcome, as well as the new life it has led him to. Evidence you can see in his life and his work. He’s grateful.
While I can’t personally relate to what he shared, my own mountains have taught me a lot about gratitude. But it doesn’t take a mountain to make one grateful. Gratitude is the way you feel when favor has been bestowed upon you, and you can get that feeling even from simple things.
Thanksgiving is one of the best holidays of the year because, food aside, there’s no particular way to celebrate it and there are no gifts to buy. Pure love doesn’t need the fluff. A grateful heart is all that’s required.
I hope as you gathered around your Thanksgiving Day table you were reminded of what makes you grateful, that you thanked God for your blessings, and that you shared your appreciation with the ones who love you.
