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I want to use this opportunity to say thank you for all that you do in this wonderful writing community.
Thanksgiving is about giving thanks and appreciating friends as well as family for their love and care.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Just so you know I love you. Let’s talk about thanksgiving today.
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HELLO STAFF, MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY,
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TODAY AND WISH ALL OF YOU A JOYOUS, LOVING AND SAFE THANKSGIVING! IT IS NOT OFTEN I CAN SHARE MY GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE THIS YEAR, INCLUDING SHARING IN THE HARD TIMES. LIFE CAN BE A LONELY PLACE. IT IS MUCH EASIER TO EXPERIENCE GRATITUDE KNOWING THOSE YOU CARE FOR WHO TOUCHED YOU IN SOME MAGICAL WAY YOU’RE ABLE TO EXPRESS THIS. YOU’VE SHARED WITH THEM JUST HOW APPRECIATIVE AND THANKFUL YOU ARE.
I DON’T BELIEVE WE MEET PEOPLE BY SIMPLE CHANCE. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE WHO TOUCH US IN SOME WAY OR TEACH US SOMETHING WHICH IS VALUABLE FOR US TO GROW IN LIFE. GRATITUDE IS EXPRESSING THIS EITHER IN OUR ACTIONS OR WORDS. IT’S EASY TO BLAME THOSE WHO LOVE US FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US IN SOME WAY OR HAVE IN THE PAST. WHAT TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT THESE INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT INTO OUR LIVES. YES, ITS MORE OF A HEADACHE THAN WE SOMETIMES REALIZE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. HOWEVER, ONE DAY THEY OR US WILL COME TO THE END OF OUR JOURNEY. SOME PEOPLE WE SHARE KEY MOMENTS AND FEELINGS WITH ARE ONLY MEANT TO BE WITH US TO TEACH US SOME FORM OF LESSON, AND SOME OF THOSE WILL SHARE OUR JOURNEY ALONG OUR PATH WILL SHARE IT TO THE END.
REGARDLESS, WE SHOULD FEEL GRATITUDE TOWARDS THEM, NOT ANGRY AS THERE ARE TIMES WE GET HURT EMOTIONALLY BASED ON OUR EXPECTATIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE THERE TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE NEXT STEP ALTHOUGH THEY WILL NOT BE TAKING IT WITH US. ANGER GETS US NOWHERE WITH PERSONAL GROWTH SO ANGER WE FEEL VERSES GRATITUDE HURTS US IN THE END. WHEN WE PRACTICE FORGIVENESS AND GRACE WITH OTHERS, WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE GRACE AFFORDED TO US. WHEN WE FEEL ANGER DUE TO OUR OWN FEAR AND SELF BLAME, WE ONLY DO DAMAGE TO ALL THOSE AROUND US. ANGER IS POWERFUL AND EATS INTO OUR ENERGY SUPPLY. “LET GO, LET GOD” IS A QUOTE I HAVE PICKED UP OVER THE YEARS. WHEN WE LET GO OF ANGER, EVEN HATRED, WE OPEN UP AN ABUNDANCE OF INNER SPACE IN OUR HEART TO LOVE, SHARE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GOOD TIMES WE’VE HAD WITH THEM. IT IS EASIER TO SEE A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THEY TAUGHT US AND TAKE THAT LESSON FORWARD WITH GRATITUDE TO OUR CURRENT PLACE INSTEAD OF LIVING IN THE PAST.
WE ALSO HAVE LONG TERM INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OUR LIFE WHO WILL WALK BESIDE US WHETHER THEY WILL ALWAYS SHARE IN THE DEEPEST MEMORIES AND HEARTFELT MOMENTS WITH THEM. THIS LIST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE USUALLY FAMILY OR A BEST FRIEND. BLOOD DOES APPEAR TO HAVE STRONG TIES FOR ALL OF US. THIS FAMILY OR DEEP FRIENDSHIP SHARED WITH THEM IS ALSO SHARED BY THEM. DESPITE US BEING CAUGHT UP IN OUR OWN FEELINGS, WE MAY HURT THEM ALONG THE WAY AS WELL SHARING LOVE WTIH THOSE IMPORTANT THIS THANKSGIVING AND REMEMBER THOSE WHOM YOU’VE LOVED IN THE PAST SOME FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE MOVED ON BEFORE WE WISHED THEY HAD, AND ACKNOWLEDGE IN OUR HEARTS OUR LOVE AND MEMORIES WE SHARED WITH THEM.
FINALLY, THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE IN LIFE WE KNOW FOR AN HOUR BUT FEEL WE HAVE KNOWN ALL OF OUR LIFE. WE ARE OPEN WITH THEM IN A WAY WE COULDN’T POSSIBLY SHARE BY ACCIDENT. WE KNOW THEY ARE SPECIAL AND LOVE THEM IN OUR HEART AN HOUR AFTER WE MEET THEM. THESE PEOPLE WE DON’T SHARE OUR TIME WITH BY ACCIDENT. GOD DOESN’T WANT US TO BE ALONE. BEING ALONE FOR ME IS OKAY BUT MY HEART AND SOUL CRAVES OTHERS. AM I AFRAID TO BE ALONE? MAYBE-HOWEVER SOME OF US ARE LONERS, OR OLD SOULS AND SOME OF US ARE IN NEED OF THE WARMTH A LOVED ONE OFFERS. I WISH TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN MY LIFE AND HEART SUCH AS MY FAMILY STILL HERE AND THOSE WHO CAN NO LONGER BE WITH US. I WANT TO FEEL THE WARMTH I ONCE FELT AS THEY STOOD NEXT TO ME. MY HEART AND SOUL WILL ALWAYS BE CONNECTED TO THEM BY AN INVISIBLE THREAD.
ANOTHER LAST THOUGHT WOULD BE TO THANK THOSE WHO BRING SO MUCH GOOD AND POSITIVITY IN OUR LIVES GIVING SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES. ENOUGH GRATITUDE CAN’T BE EXPRESSED TO REACH THE LENGTH OR INVOLVEMENT OF THANKLESSNESS AND LACK OF EXPECTATION THEY EXPECT FOR ALL THEY DO. THESE ARE THOSE ANGELS IN OUR LIFETIME WE WILL AND DO REMEMBER DAILY WHETHER WITH THEM OR NOT. TAKE A MOMENT THIS THANKSGIVING AND SAY A PRAYER OF GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE; PAST, PRESENT AND GONE FROM OUR LIVES TAKEN. EXPRESS GRATITUDE BY GOING AROUND VIA FACETIME IF NECESSARY AND EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE FOR THEM AND ALL THEY DO. MAKE SURE TO SAY A SILENT PRAYER FOR THOSE NOW GONE FROM OUR LIFE THIS YEAR.
ADOPT AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE REPLACING SELFISH THOUGHTS FOR GRATEFUL ONES FOR WHAT THEY DID OFFER, GRATEFUL EXPERIENCES SHARED WITH THEM WHICH BROUGHT YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. SAY THE SIMPLE WORDS OF GRATITUDE, THANK YOU TO THOSE YOU GIVE THANKS FOR. SHARE WHY YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEM ACKNOWLEDGING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHY YOU FEEL THIS DEEP GRATITUDE AND THANKFULNESS. MY TEAM IS ALSO A PART OF MY LOVED ONES AND THEY GIVE UNCONDITIONALLY WITH OUT EXPECTATIONS. IF I HAD ONE LESSON TO LEAVE YOU WITH IT WOULD BE THIS: LOVE THOSE YOU LOVE WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS OR PRECONCEIVED CONDITIONAL LOVE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WHEN THE HEART MISSES THOSE NO LONGER HERE AND REMEMBER WE WILL SEE THEM AGAIN, IN ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE. HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MANY PRAYERS FOR MY BFF GOING THROUGH SUCH A HARD TIME WITH HER DAUGHTER HAVING CANCER AND MY BFF HERE IN COLORADO. HER SON IS COPING WITH COVID NOW, AND SHE WORRIES IT WILL SPREAD TO HER GRANDSON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO I ONCE LOVED AND WILL ALWAYS CARRY THEIR LESSONS ALONG SIDE ME. BE GRATEFUL TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU MAY MEET OR HAVE MET THIS YEAR THAT ARE MORE THAN A PASSING IN THE WIND. THANK YOU MY ONLINE BFF REENIE REID..ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU..GOD’S BLESSINGS TO MY EXTENDED FAMILY WHO UNFORTUNATELY LIVE OUT OF STATE AND I WILL NOT SEE THIS THANKSGIVING AND GIVE THANKS TO OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND ALL THEY DO. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL….
SAMANTHA LEBOEUF/FOUNDER DAILYWISDOMWORDS.COM
DEAR DAILY WISDOM WORDS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS,
OUR TEAM WHICH INCLUDES MONDAY ABUH, @MONDAYPOET, WHO HOSTS OUR WEEKEND MUSIC PROMPTS, DESERVES A HUGE SHOUTOUT FOR HIS AMAZING WORK NOT ONLY WITH THE MUSIC PROMPT, BUT ALSO OUR DAILY POETRY PROMPTS. I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THANKSGIVING AS A SPECIAL TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD. MONDAY IS ONE OF THESE GIFTS WE AS A WRITING COMMUNITY HAVE GOTTEN THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
I AM THANKFUL FOR EACH WRITER WHO HOSTS A LIVE PROMPT, BUT NO PERSON REFLECTS THIS AS WELL AS MONDAY! MONDAY IS 20 YEARS OLD, AND. SUCH AN INSPIRATION! NOT ONLY DOES HE GO TO COLLEGE BUT HE JUST FINISHED UP DOING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE, NIGERIA! HE ALSO PUBLISHES THE AWESOME PODCAST, THE POETRY CAPSULE AND HAS SELF PUBLISHED HIS OWN BOOK. HE IS THOUGHTFUL, CARING AND SO VERY GIFTED AS A WRITER AND POET! MONDAY, YOU ARE LIKE A SON TO ME AND I THANK YOU ON THIS DAY OF THANKSGIVING FOR ALL YOU ADD TO DAILY WISDOM WORDS, BUT FOR BEING THE CARING, KIND PERSON WE ALL IN THIS WRITING COMMUNITY HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING.
NOT ONLY DOES MONDAY VOLUNTEER HIS TIME, SHIRLEY MANDEL SATTERFIELD, AN AWARD WINNING POET AND AUTHOR DOES AS WELL. SHIRLEY, HAS THE WISDOM OF JOBE AND WE SEE IN IN EVERY WORD OF WRITING SHE SHARES. SHIRLEY NOT ONLY HOSTS OUR YOUTUBE DAILYWISDOMWORDS.COM CHANNEL, BUT PUBLISHES OUR “WISE POET AND AUTHORS, PRESENT AND PAST” PAGE. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU, SHIRLEY AND EVERY GIFT YOU ADD TO THIS WRITING COMMUNITY INCLUDING YOUR POSITIVITY AND INSPIRATION. YOU ARE FAMILY TO ALL OF US! I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR MEMBERS AND MYSELF AS THE FOUNDER OF DAILY WISDOM WORDS. YOU ARE SO DEAR TO MY HEART. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU VOLUNTEER
LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I WISH TO THANK NEEL TRIVEDI, MY CFO, CEO AND RIGHT HAND MAN. NOT ONLY HAS HE GIVEN SO MUCH OF HIMSELF WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO DAILY WISDOM WORDS, HE HOSTS THE FANTASTIC PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, “WISDOMOLOGY”. I AM SURE YOU’VE READ HIS POSTS AND EXCELLENT ADVICE FILLED WRITING, QUOTES OF MEANING AND AWESOME POEMS! HE IS ALSO AN AWARD WINNING POET! HE GIVES HIS TIME, KNOWLEDGE, KINDNESS AND LOVE TO ALL WHO ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM IN THEIR LIFE. NEEL HANDLES TOO MANY DETAILS TO LIST!
WE RECENTLY STARTED A NEW PAGE ON FACEBOOK CALLED, “WISDOM’S WORDS”. THIS ALLOWS OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO VISIT OUR ONLINE STORE AND ORDER A CUSTOM POEM WRITTEN FOR THEIR LOVED ONES WHERE ORDERS ARE FULFILLED WITH FRAMING OPTIONS THROUGH “CHATTERBOX WALLS”. THERE IS NOT GREATER GIFT THAN THE WORDS OF MEANING WE GIVE TO YOU FOR YOUR LOVED ONE’S, WHICH IS PRICELESS. THIS ITEM CAN ORDERED ON OUR NEWLY REVISED DAILY WISDOM WORDS STORE CREATED. DESIGNED AND UPDATED BY NEEL. HAPPY THANKSGIVING MY DEAR FRIEND…YOU ARE AMAZING, AND SO MANY WORDS OF THANKS GO YOUR WAY TODAY, ALONG WITH MY LOVE AND THANKFULNESS FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND ALL YOU DO!
I NOW WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED OUR WRITING COMMUNITY , DAILYWISDOMWORDS.COM, OR PARTICIPATE IN OUR WRITING CONTESTS OR BOTH! YOU ALL AS OUR MEMBERS ARE ALSO OUR FRIENDS! WE WISH ALL OF YOU THE WARMEST AND BLESSED THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR, 2020. WE KNOW WHAT A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN WITH THE WORLD PANDEMIC, AND ARE SO VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU AND THOSE WHO DONATE AND POST ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND OUR WEBSITE ADDING SO MUCH WITH THEIR WRITTEN WORDS! THANK YOU TO OUR AUTHOR’S WHOSE WORDS IN BOOKS WE’VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO READ OR POST BOOK REVIEWS FOR. YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND LOYALTY IS SO APPRECIATED.
WE’VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO READ THE MEANINGFUL AND TALENTED WORDS FROM OUR AMAZING POETS, SONGWRITERS, AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY AND SHARES THIS MESSAGE WITH ALL OF US ON OUR WEBSITE, DAILYWISDOMWORDS.COM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND PARTICIPATION IN OUR WRITING COMMUNITY. WE HOPE THIS IS A SAFE PLACE FOR YOU TO SHARE AND WILL ONLY ADD MORE IN THE YEAR 2027 FOR YOU ALL TO ENJOY AS GIFTED WRITERS! WE ARE ALL BLESSED AND THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND WRITING THE POEMS THAT TOUCH OUR HEART! WE WILL ONLY BE ADDING MORE WRITING AND POETRY CONTESTS FOR YOU, PROMPTS TO PARTICIPATE IN, AND MUCH MORE IN THE YEAR 2027. WE LOVE YOU ALL, AND HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR MEMBERSHIPS.
I ALSO WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR. SHANNI DOVER, RETIRED PSYCHOLOGIST AND ADD HER TO THOSE WE ARE THANKFUL FOR. WE CAN’T WAIT UNTIL SHE IS ABLE TO WRITE FOR US AGAIN ON SUNDAY’S. THANK YOU SHANNI, FOR YOUR WISE, KNOWLEDGEABLE ARTICLES FILLED WITH VALUABLE ADVICE AND YOUR TIME THIS YEAR.
I PERSONALLY WISH TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT ARE A PART OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGES AND TWITTER MEMBERS AND FOLLOWERS. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I LOST MY LITTLE SISTER TO CANCER THIS YEAR. THERE ARE NO WORDS I CAN FIND TO EXPRESS MY THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, CONDOLENCES, AND WISDOM. EACH OF YOU TOUCH MY HEART DAILY, AND AGAIN I WISH TO THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS, FRIENDS, CONTEST WINNERS AND WONDERFUL WRITING VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE DAILY WISDOM WORDS POSSIBLE. YOU ALL ARE EACH A PIECE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND IMPORTANT IN YOUR OWN WAY. MUCH LOVE, GRATITUDE, AND HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE A YEAR WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR LOVED ONES WITH VACCINES ON THE WAY IN HOPES FOR YOUR HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND FUTURE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF OUR WRITING COMMUNITY. WITHOUT EACH OF YOU, THERE WOULD NOT BE A DAILYWISDOMWORDS.COM! GOD BLESS YOU ALL WITH MY GRATITUDE AND LOVE THAT ALL OF US FEEL WHO ARE A PART OF DAILY WISDOM WORDS FROM OUR HOSTS TO OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.
SAMANTHA LEBOEUF, FOUNDER-DAILY WISDOM WORDS LLC.
Do you say thank you to your child when he helps you with your car keys when you are set for work? Do you say thank you when your pet, maybe a dog, helps you out? Yes! It is funny. How do i say thank you to an animal? If you can not say it, then, act it. How often do you say thank you when helped out of a situation in life?
If i were to answer that question, mine would undoubtedly be often. You see, i was showered with love and care yesterday by an angel. Truth be told, the help was timely. I was already ready to accept defeat.
She kept on asking me Monday, what’s wrong with you. You don’t sound okay. Now, that is someone who cares about you. Long story short, this angel that i speak of helped me as soon as i uttered the reason for my sad state.
Well, i gave thanks for the shower of love and i am still going to give thanks because i appreciate the act of love and i know that when you give thanks you create room for unconditional love. How often do you say thank you when helped out of a situation in life? Let’s talk about it here on DWW PICTURE POETRY.
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What is it that makes the holidays so special? How did each holiday come to be? Eventually the ultimate decider has been our government and churches for religious holidays..The holiday’s I would like to focus on are Christmas and New Years Eve/New Years.
In my previous post, we learned that Christmas was started with the purpose of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. If you’re like me, you’re going crazy trying to remember who you need to send holiday cards to, and you feel overwhelmed. It is a struggle with Thanksgiving falling so late this year, to get everything done in a timely manner. If you’re not careful, Christmas becomes about gifts and other things that have no significance to the birth of Jesus Christ.
Never lose sight of the reason Christmas was created. Let’s take a look at what New Years Eve means to us. It is a special holiday to me signifying the magic of romance. I realize you’re bringing in the New Year, but there is a feeling in the air of love and the celebration of it.
How did the holiday, New Years come to be? The earliest celebrations of New Year’s Day has been celebrated since 4,000 Years before Babylon. However, since we go by the Gregorian Calendar, the date is different. The Babylonians, celebrated the first moon following the Vernal Equinox which is the day in late March with an equal amount of sunlight and darkness. This was how they marked their beginning of the New Year. They marked this occasion with a massive religious festival called Akitu (derived from the Sumerian word for barley, which was cut in the spring. The celebration involved a different ritual on each of the 11 days it lasted. In addition, the year was longer by 90 extra Dayton the year 46 B.C. when he introduced his new Julian Calendared.
However, it was Caesar who ultimately dubbed January 1, as New Year’s Day. Let’s talk celebrations! In many countries celebrations begin on December 1, and continue into the early hours of New Year’s Day. People often enjoy specific foods and snacks thought to bring good luck throughout the New Year. Legumes, which are thought to resembles coins and herald future financial success; Examples include legumes in many parts of the world such as Italy and black-eyed peas in the south. Because pigs represent progress and prosperity in some cultures, pork appears on the celebration menu in Cuba, Austria, Hungary, Portugal and other countries. Ring-shaped cakes and pastries, a sign the year has come full circle, round out the feast in the Netherlands, Mexico, Greece and elsewhere. In Sweden and Norway, rice pudding with an almond hidden inside is served on New Years Eve; it is said that whoever finds the nut can expect 12 years of good fortune.
Remember that holidays have significant meaning and this is our History. It does matter, because our history is how we arrived to where we are today. Many customs and traditions will be covered throughout this Holiday season. I can’t wait to share them with you!! Thanks so much for reading!
Samantha Leboeuf/DWW
“May the peace and joy of the holiday season live in your heart all year long.”
-Unknown
It was Thanksgiving yesterday and Christmas is coming up. Warm wishes, greeting cards, time with family are all either already here and/or on the horizon. Think about the spirit in the air for a second.
Now think about what it would be like if that spirit was alive and vibrant all year long. Is that even possible?