Thanksgiving

As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, we give thanks for all that has been given to us, for the opportunities we have and for the freedom we enjoy.  

We recognize that from the bounty we have been given, we are required to share in order to make the lives of others better.  We observe that by focusing our lives outward, we are also blessed tremendously by having less time to focus on our own problems.  By focusing less on ourselves and by spending our energy to give to others, we trigger the "optimism" switch in our brains and take steps to actively see the world as a better place.

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was a strong believer in active, working faith.  My favorite quote of of all time is his:

“Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can.”