I would like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. At this time of the year we are reminded of all of the blessings in our lives. So often it is so easy to focus on the things we do not have but it is important to express gratitude for everything that we do have.

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.

As we celebrate this special time remember that gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into more than enough. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, creates peace for today and establishes a vision for tomorrow.