Grateful for this...

I could list all the things I'm grateful for this Thanksgiving season (like family, health, and friends), but I think what I'm most grateful for at this moment is beauty. When I see a sunset with all the brilliant colors God painted it with, I feel totally awed. When I see a piece of art or read an amazingly inspired book, every cell in my body is engulfed in sweet wonder.

Photo by Rennett Stowe

Simple things, like this poem by Dixie Wilson, bring me joy.

I like the fall the mist and all

I like the night owls lonely call

And waiting sound of wind around

I like the gray November day

and dead bare boughs that coldly sway

Against my pane

I like the rain

I like to sit and laugh at it

And then tend my cozy fire a bit

I like the fall 

The mist and all

That's what I'm grateful for right now.