Wise Words: May gratitude find you this Thanksgiving
It’s a privilege this year to write a column that may be read on Thanksgiving Day. For me, columns about being grateful are some of the easiest to write.
I’m very conscious of gratitude in my everyday life, since I have found it can push me above ground on days when I’m tempted to wallow in a hole. No matter how frustrating and painful life can be, it’s also such a gift. I know that sounds cringe-worthy.
Out and About
A hearty thank you to all of our readers, advertisers and community members and wish you the most blessed Thanksgiving.
I’ve been with many of you for more than 21 years and I think I can speak for all of my staff when I say we are grateful for you.
Brian Out Loud
Thanksgiving Day brings back a wide range of memories, and some of my favorites are those moments on a sandlot football field right down the street from the house I grew up in.
There would be a point late in the day when the sun would begin to set on a cold Illinois afternoon, and we’d decide it was time to go play some football.
For God’s Sake: Promised answer is change in the one praying
“What is prayer?” read the title of a chapter in a weekly study I am leading. It is an excellent and important question, one with which I have been wrestling for years.
If you perused a typical prayer list, you would find a list of people with problems, some sick, some unemployed, some in financial straits.
More with Les:
Persistence and observation will lead to success with a wildflower plot
People who collect items do so for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the purpose is an unlimited curiosity about the subject which is collected. Stamp and coin collectors often fall into this category.
The autumn season in Santa Rosa County brings out another variety of collector which has practical and utilitarian objectives for their collecting activity. Seed collectors are actively acquiring mature seeds for one of two diametrically opposed reasons.
