Offering Up a Thank You to All Who Memory-Treasure

This week, a week for thankfulness. And here where there's so much to be thankful for. I've been blessed with the quick-to-sleep gene. It's all I can do to keep my eyes open for the five minutes it's gonna take me to finish this post. Meanwhile, Haley struggles for an hour... tonight, at least. Hopefully, she's heading to dreamland soon herself. Also, family and friends. Even those of you who don't check up on me here every day (but especially those of you who do), I miss you and love you and am darn thankful for you. A couple of stinky pooches who will snuggle, snuggle, snuggle until my heart's content. A gigantic HDTV with crystal clear picture and Tivo... okay, I don't really need that... but it's nice. Health, strength, and endurance enough to run farther than I ever have before. Food on the table... even when I complain about my choices. The freedom to say what I want on this here blog... as long as I attribute anything that's not directly mine to the rightful owner. Speaking of which... Jason's blog actually got me thinking about how I'm thankful for my travels here lately AND for my ability to just sit and enjoy the view sometimes.

A question, courtesy of my friends at Café Gratitude, The Makepeace Bros.

Would you rather:

…Be planted in the ground, rooted like a tree in front of a breathtaking natural landscape for the rest of your life… or,

…Travel the world forever under the conditions that you had to leave the city you were in by 2 o’clock the next day and couldn’t return to that city for 3 years; able to see the world but always moving locations at 2pm everyday.

Interesting question, isn't it?

And one more from today's daily reading:

We give thanks to God for God’s goodness, for our salvation, not for our stuff but for the love; like the wise with some age on them, we don’t devise a list of things we want for Christmas, for all we really want is to be with those we love, and to reminisce for a little while. We give thanks for the treasury of memory that is our life, and for opportunities to give other people cause to give thanks for God’s goodness.
- James

Here's hoping your cornucopia is filled with beautiful and delicious goodies for which you can offer abundant thanks. And one more happy b'day, Brad!