A thankful heart

The weekend of the 10th October was thanksgiving in Canada - my first. The Canadian thanksgiving can be termed a harvest festival because it is a day that has been set aside to give thanks to God for a bountiful harvest. I however read up the history / origin of thanksgiving and found out that it started with an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he established a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

As human beigns we could forget to be thankful everyday for the seemingly little things in our lives and in the lives of people around us. So, I decided to be thankful for all around me...

I am thankful for:

The gift of life - seeing, breathing, touching, walking etc
The gift of love from family, friends and a wonderful husband
The ability to think
The ability to type, write, read etc
Technology that allows me to share this, communicate with my loved ones and generally makes life easier
The snow outside the house
Shelter with a heating system
The invention of warm layers of cloth
I could go on and on....

What are you thankful for?

Comments

funmifasunloye said…
thankful for you , for all my friends and loved ones , thanking him that am full of him and that even greatest enemies I can forgive and above all for his boundless love .cheers girl weldone
8:25 AM
deoluakinyemi said…
Sister... I can feel the warm clothes... :)
10:31 AM
sijuade-kings said…
thankful for the gift of life.
4:45 PM
Tunzie said…
@ FF, I'm blushing, thanks for stopping by
@ Adeolu, yeah.. its important, thanks for reading
@ Sijuade-Kings, thanks for reading
6:32 PM
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