That Time of Year

Thanksgiving. 

How wonderful that we, the people, give thought each autumn to the prosperity and bounty of our lives.  Thank = express gratitude.  Thanksgiving = the act of giving thanks…a celebration of divine goodness.

On the grand scale of emotions, gratitude comes in just a bit below appreciation. 

Appreciation is a notch beneath love (in frequency.) 

Love (however experienced) is the pathway to Joy, the highest emotion we experience in 3-D. 

Appreciation is kin to love, and gratitude kin to appreciation.  High energy thoughts, all.

The month of November is a season for appreciation, a time to recognize what is right in our lives rather than what is lacking.  It’s an occasion to focus on the bounty, thus making it more a part of our experience. 

It goes something like this:  Gratitude – I am thankful to be free of the lack of ____(fill in the blank.)  Gratitude still carries with it the concept of the lack. 

Appreciation – I appreciate all that is a part of my life.  I am a child (thought) of God and all is wonderful.  No lack or negative aspect embraced by appreciation. 

Love – I love myself and all that is.  I am a part of this magnificent universe.  Joy is my experience.

Thanksgiving is a moment on this emotional scale.  It’s an opportunity to shift focus, at least for a moment (and that’s often all it takes) to how much is good and wonderful.  Gratitude, appreciation, love, joy – not a bad menu for a thanksgiving feast!

AND...speaking of feast.  Sometimes Thanksgiving is the time for a helping hand.