Give Thanks at Thanksgiving

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A Day to Remember to Be Grateful

Thanksgiving is a perfect time to stop for a moment once a year and remember to give thanks. It's a time to be grateful for one's health, family, friends, job, home and having food on the table.

Take a few moments as you read through this lens and to share what you will be giving thanks for this Thanksgiving.

We will be taking a few moments with our family to give thanks and say our "Gratefuls" before eating, as a reminder of all that we have to be grateful for, the good and the not so good.

Remember "In all things, give thanks."

Photo: Modified Microsoft image. 

Give Thanks for Life 

When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light,
for your life and strength.

Give thanks for your food,
and the joy of living.

If you see no reason for giving thanks,
the fault lies with yourself.


Tecumseh Shawnee Chief

Give Thanks on YouTube 

Beautiful imagery, beautiful music, a beautiful reminder to 'Give Thanks.'

Marianne Hale's gorgeous photography blesses us all with a series of affirmations. With original music by Kathryn Mostow.
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What will you Give Thanks for this Thanksgiving? 

Vote for your favorite reason for giving thanks or add you own.

My Children

5 points

My Family

4 points

My Health

2 points

My Job

2 points

My Friends

2 points

My Home

1 point

Give Thanks in the Amazon Spotlight 

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A Simple Blessing of Thanks 

We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.

Unknown

Give Thanks

Give Thanks on Flickr 

A collection of photos to Give Thanks.

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Table by sth

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Give One Get One 2007: Thank You! by One Laptop per Child

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Wesites for Giving Thanks and Being Grateful 

Gratefulness.org - A Network for Grateful Living
A Network for Grateful Living is a world-wide community for grateful life and action. Our mission is to challenge and inspire people to go beyond mere thanks-giving and find in grateful living the key to personal fulfillment and to a universal family spirit.
Grateful Chain
A website created to bringing people together in an uplifting supportive and fun environment while empowering them to build healthful, beneficial, life-enhancing habits through entertainment, education and personal development.

Give Thanks Books for Children on Amazon 

Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message (Reading Rainbow Book)

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Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks

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Felicia Learns to give Thanks for Everyone: The Prayer of Thanksgiving for Everyone

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Thanks for Thanksgiving

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Give Thanks to the Lord: Celebrating Psalm 92

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A Squidoo Lens on the Benefits of Being Grateful 

Always Give Thanks Sign in the Amazon Spotlight 

A Simple Prayer to Give Thanks 

If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.

Meister Eckhart

Give and Giving Thanks Books on Amazon 

In Everything Give Thanks

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In All Things Give Thanks (Charming Petites Ser)

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A Time and a Season: Give Thanks for the Lord is Good

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Grateful: A Song of Giving Thanks (Julie Andrews Collection)

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Giving Thanks at the Table (Prayerbooks)

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Life becomes Rich Only with Gratitude 

In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with that of others.


Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I am Grateful... on YouTube 

Feel grateful by watching this video with powerful affirmations of gratitude.
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Give Thanks

With a Grateful Heart

Giving Thanks Books on Amazon 

Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Recipes and History, from Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie

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Giving Thanks: The Gifts of Gratitude

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Giving Thanks: The Art of Tithing

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Being Thankful for the Difficult Times 

We can always find something to be thankful for,
and there may be reasons
why we ought to be thankful for
even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.


Albert Barnes

Squidoo Lenses on Gratitude and Giving Back 

Give Thanks Wall Decal in the Amazon Spotlight 

Always Give Thanks

Featured Lens on the One Laptop Per Child 

I am grateful that we were able to participate in the One Laptop Per Child Campaign and were able to teach our children about being grateful and giving thanks.

The Origins of Thanksgiving - Starting with Impoverished Pilgrims 

The Pilgrims
made seven times more graves than huts.
No Americans
have been more impoverished than these
who, nevertheless,
set aside a day of thanksgiving.


H. U. Westermayer

Featured Lens on a Month of Thanks 

I give thanks to all of the lensmasters who participated in the Month of Thanks Challenge.

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Americans Remember Our Blessings This Thanksgiving 

Americans should, as always,
be thankful this Thanksgiving,
but they should also understand just how rare in human history their blessings are.


Mark Steyn

World should give thanks for America
Read more on the column from Syndicated columnist, Mark Steyn, looking at why the World should give thanks for America from the OCRegister.com.

Reader Feedback on the Give Thanks Lens 

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What are you giving thanks for this Thanksgiving?

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    mitchking mitchking Nov 11, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
    It is a little sad that we have to have a day just for this. We should all be thankful everyday for what we have.
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    faithfuljim faithfuljim Nov 7, 2009 @ 11:57 am
    Great lense. I'm featuring it on my lense Thanksgiving a necessary reminder
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    Artemus-Gordon Artemus-Gordon Nov 5, 2009 @ 10:30 am
    I notice that at the beginning of the day I am so wrapped up in the things that need done that I forget to be grateful. But once the family is just mingling toward the end of it all that is when it kicks in just how lucky I am.
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    purplelady purplelady Nov 27, 2008 @ 7:32 am
    On Thanksgiving Day, I give you thanks for this great lens. I especially loved the
    "2007GlobalGathering - I Give Thanks" video. You deserve the mention by Seth in todays LOD thank yous. Another good job from you and 5 thanks.
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    badmsm badmsm Aug 5, 2008 @ 9:01 am
    Wonderful reminders in these difficult times! 5 Stars for you.
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