BLINDS WIDE OPEN -day 228 Quotes for Thanksgiving

A couple of quotes for all of us:

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.
-- Cicero

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
-- Oprah Winfrey

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
-- Melody Beattie

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.
-- Ralph H. Blum

and my favorite

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
-- Epictetus


This is Dave, from The McLaughlin Group, wishing all a Happy Thanksgiving!