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Thanksgiving Wishes

November 28, 2013 by Scooter in the Sticks 7 Comments

Dog running in Boalsburg
A dog walk on a cold day.

A Walk of Thanksgiving

Walking with the dog through the neighborhood today, watching his simple pleasure being alive and running on the earth, made me think about gratitude and thanks for the simple things in life. Henry David Thoreau offered one perspective of  thanksgiving that I’d like to share with readers of Scooter in the Sticks…

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.” ― Henry David Thoreau

All the best to you and yours for a fine Thanksgiving Day.

Steve Williams

 

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  1. Charlie6 says

    November 28, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well Steve!

    Reply
  2. Richard M says

    November 28, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply
  3. bob skoot says

    November 28, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    Steve:

    Enjoy your day and live for today, as you never know what the future brings.

    Happy Thanksgiving

    bob
    Riding the Wet Coast

    Reply
  4. Keith - Circle Blue says

    November 28, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Enjoy! Love the quote.

    May your breath be as sweet to you as Thoreau reported his was to him.
    ~k

    Reply
  5. David Masse says

    November 28, 2013 at 7:25 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving Steve. I hope that the year to come brings you and your family happiness and joy in equal measures.

    Reply
  6. Coop a.k.a. Coopdway says

    November 29, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    I’ve seen and even remember a few Thoreau quotes but do not remember one of thanksgiving. I will now.

    Hope you had an excellent day!

    Reply

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