Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving…still my favorite holiday. 

A time to slow our pace.

A time to spend with friends and family.

A time to reflect on what we are thankful for.

As Thanksgiving approaches this year, my thoughts have turned toward what brings happiness.  It seems we are always in pursuit of happiness.

Does our pursuit of happiness often look more like the pursuit of stuff?  Of material possessions? Of experiences? 

We have all found ourselves in that place.  The place where we convince ourselves that if we just have that new house, that new car, the latest fashion, the perfect vacation, we will be happier. 

This week, take a minute to reflect on this year. What did you pursue thinking that if you just had it, you would be happier? 

Let me guess, as soon as you acquired the thing you thought would make you happier – you started looking for the next thing that will make you even happier. 

It is a never-ending game when we focus on things or experiences to make us happier.  It doesn’t matter if you have a lot of resources or just enough, you can never get enough stuff or take enough perfect vacations to make yourself happy forever.  You will never win the buying happiness game.

My challenge to you this Thanksgiving…focus this week on all the ways you are blessed.  Then, develop the habit of showing thankfulness and gratitude every day.  For long-lasting happiness is not found in acquiring things, but rather in the daily practice of gratitude.

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So, then, what will bring you happiness? 

Maybe, just maybe, being thankful, grateful is actually where happiness is found.

Thankfulness is acknowledging the goodness in your life. 

Gratitude moves you away from thinking about what you lack and toward the realization of how blessed you are.   

Gratitude gives you an appreciation of what you have instead of always reaching for something new in the hopes that it will make you happier.