Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello blog subscribers! And Happy Thanksgiving!

You may have noticed we haven’t posted for a few days. We have given ourselves permission to take a few days off for Thanksgiving. Posts will resume on December 1st and move us into the Christmas spirit. Until then, here’s a message from Scott:

I struggle with gratitude. I particularly struggle with it when someone tells me I need to feel it, or any time I’m supposed to talk about it (like right now, at Thanksgiving, when we give thanks).

I understand that I will be better off if I’m grateful. It has both mental and physical health benefits and will generally help me grow into the kind of person I want to be.

The reality is, sometimes I'm ambivalent about doing the things I need to do in order to be who I want to be. I suspect many of us struggle with this.

In light of that, my goal for the Thanksgiving weekend is to look for the moments where I’m content, peaceful, enjoying myself, etc., and really try to soak them in when they happen. I want a modest goal, something that feels attainable. I think this might be it. Care to join me?

We don’t often get long stretches of time where we feel like all is right with the world, sometimes it is mere moments. Let’s be on the lookout for those moments and embrace them while they’re here.