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Category: Holidays / Topics: Gratitute Holidays Holiday Season Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving

Lessons from the Thanksgiving Leftovers

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: November 27, 2011

A recipe for ongoing gratitute&helliup;

Thanksgiving dinner tops my list.
Leftovers are right under.
I love reheating what remains.
So is it any wonder

the Thursday meal goes on and on
as does my gratitude
for giving thanks is not a day?
It is an attitude

that sees containers as half-full
and notices what's right,
that values colors found in truth
resisting black and white.

Thanksgiving is a year-long feast.
Each day is ours to seize.
Try counting blessings from God's hand
as well as calories.



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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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Posted: November 27, 2011

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