Happy Thanksgiving to all our customers and friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our precious customers and friends!

While many of us will be sitting down to tables laden with all manner of great foods, try to remember that some people won't have that luxury. Some will be standing in soup lines; some will have to wait for someone to bring them a meal, and sadly, some will go to bed hungry tonight.  With that in mind, let's try to be more thankful for all the blessings we have. And let's remember to give something back.

Once I was giving a donation to a homeless person and a friend who was with me, scolded me. ``How do you know that person isn't going to buy drugs with that money?''  My answer was that all I can do is help; I can’t base my help to other’s on how they might act.  Their behavior is theirs not mine, all I can do is control my behavior and pray for them.   I believe that wonderful things happen to me because I live with an attitude of gratitude.

I found the following poem online entitled “Be Thankful “-- “Author Unknown “, I think it sets the tone of the day.

Thanks for not having

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.

If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Thanks for lacking knowledge

Be thankful when you don't know something,

for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Thanks for difficult times

Be thankful for the difficult times.

During those times you grow.

Thanks for limitations

Be thankful for your limitations,

because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Thanks for challenges

Be thankful for each new challenge,

because it will build your strength and character.

Thanks for mistakes made

Be thankful for your mistakes.

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Thanks for exhaustion

Be thankful when you're tired and weary,

because it means you've made the effort.

Thanks for setbacks

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who

are also thankful for the setbacks.

Thanks for troubles

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,

and they can become your blessings.