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

This past Thanksgiving I was inspired by the idea of giving thanks throughout the year, and not just the one day set aside for being grateful. So I started a new blog that was just about thankfulness, thanksgiving and being grateful in general. Then I realized that I want to be keeping all my thoughts here at nobushel.blogspot.com instead. So below are all the posts that I posted to that other blog, and a big thank you for the clarity to focus my efforts all in one place. Maybe some of these thoughts of thanksgiving will resonate with you. Thanks for reading.

Thank you for the new year.

Thank you for new beginnings, the start of something new.

Thank you for old things.

Thank you for the transition between old and new.

Thank you for time to be alone and reflect.

Thank you for the fruits of reflection.

Thank you for the opportunity to be happy.

Thank you for the choice to be happy.

Thank you for the miracle of life and living.

Thank you for including me in plans I don't understand or know yet. 

Thank you for the design of the universe, unknown, yet being discovered.

Thank you for science.

Thank you for art.

Thank you for being and the lightness of being alive.

Thank you for amazing sunsets.

Thank you for quiet sunrises.

Thank you for making the earth so large the sun so far away, and humans so small that it appears as if the sun rises and sets every day for only me. 

A TED talk on the power of gratefulness.




Thank you for the lovely holiday decorations that light up the street and the night with their light.

Thank you for the opportunities I have had and continue to have.

Thank you for toothpaste that leaves my mouth feeling clean.

Thank you for lakes, teeming with water and life.

Thank you for the road that is smooth and paved and takes me where I need to go.

Thank you for family, and all the nuances of love contained therein.

Thank you for indoor plumbing.

Thank you for running water that is clean and safe to drink.

Thank you for the lovely holiday decorations that light up the street and the night with their light.

Thank you for the opportunities I have had and continue to have.

Thank you for toothpaste that leaves my mouth feeling clean.

Thank you for lakes, teeming with water and life.

Thank you for the road that is smooth and paved and takes me where I need to go.

Thank you for family, and all the nuances of love contained therein.

Thank you for indoor plumbing.

Thank you for running water that is clean and safe to drink.

Thank you for letting me know I need to be more grateful.

Thank you for allowing me to be more grateful.

Thank you for the time to accomplish and become what I want.

Thank you for the opportunity to accomplish and become what I want.

Thank you for the car I drive, for taking me where I want to go.

Thank you for the house I live in, the building I call home.

Thank you for the clothes I wear, that keep me warm.

Thank you for the wind that blows through the trees.

Thank you for the ocean and all its marvelous waves.

Thank you for the breeze that whispers nature's tune to me.

Thank you for letting me know I need to be more grateful.

Thank you for allowing me to be more grateful.

Thank you for the time to accomplish and become what I want.

Thank you for the opportunity to accomplish and become what I want.

Thank you for the car I drive, for taking me where I want to go.

Thank you for the house I live in, the building I call home.

Thank you for the clothes I wear, that keep me warm.

Thank you for the wind that blows through the trees.

Thank you for the ocean and all its marvelous waves.

Thank you for the breeze that whispers nature's tune to me.

Thank you for alarm clocks for waking me up on time.

Thank you for deep sleep that brings me dreams.

Thank you for dreams that take me to another world.

Thank you that the dream world is not really real.

Thank you for surrounding me with people I love.

Thank you for the opportunity to live my life as I see fit.

Thank you for fireworks that light up the night sky and my imagination.

Thank you to the men and women who serve our country and keep us safe.

Thank you for letting me be myself.

Thank you.

Thank you for the sun and all its radiant glory.

Thank you for the streams that whisper in the woods.

Thank you for the night that holds the moon in the sky.

Thank you for the wolves that howl to the moon in the night.

Thank you for the world, all the good and all the bad.

Thank you for the morning that rises every day.

Thank you for letting me rise every day as well.

Thank you for the power of love.

Thank you for the magic of gratitude.

Thank you for the wonder of the cosmos.