As I was sitting in one of the long but spiritually uplifting meetings the church holds twice a year, called Stake Conference, I happened to have found some inspiration.
This conference was being broadcast from the Motherland, otherwise known as Utah. A man, whose name and position in the church escapes me, came up to the podium and started to talk about gratitude and the holiday season
My thoughts turned to thanksgiving and the retail industry's ever increasing desire to incite the general public to spend money on Christmas gifts at an earlier and earlier time every year.
Thanksgiving seems to be overlooked. There are plenty of decorations to be found everywhere for Halloween and then soon after for Christmas. It may seem as if we skip from one candy receiving holiday to the next candy and gift receiving holiday.
I thought, does my life reflect this retail tradition that I disagree with? Do I go from one "me activity" to the next "me activity" not pausing to find a quiet, clean space where I can kneel and pray in thanks to my loving Father in heaven? I think we can all look at our lives and be a little more grateful for all the blessing we have.
To sum up the talk I mentioned earlier:
Gratitude is not just saying thanks. It is an Attitude of recognizing where our blessings come from.
Lets not be like the pig who eats the acorns and never looks up and recognizes from whence they came.
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