Well, today is Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I am sitting
here at the Blue Deer in complete silence. There is no one about and there is a
stillness that is quite calming. These are the times, I often find most
reflective. I sat down today to write some interesting and inspiring message
for you but I am finding myself at loss for words. Thanksgiving to me has always meant Family. A
big family dinner, big family football rivalry, big family gathering… This year
will be the same. I will travel to spend time with my family and, of course,
everyone will be coming together for the Thanksgiving Day meal. I am so thankful for the time we get to spend together and celebrate our family.
This year seems some how different. My own children are young adults now with
most of them in their twenties. I
feel I am growing so much this year. I feel
everyday, I discover something new and meaningful in my life. Much of that I
can attribute to my relationship with the Blue Deer Center and the people who I
have met here. Everyone I meet here and
in my travels for the Blue Deer seems to touch me in some way. Each day my
heart grows bigger.
So I thought I would share what I am thankful for with you.
I am thankful for the openness that everyone expresses each
time I meet them and the open arms that
give the most amazing hugs. In times of stress, a hug can mean so much.
I am thankful for the relationships with people who over the
past three years have become my dearest of friends.
I am thankful for the support from our board of directors.
Each and everyone of them reaches out to me on regular basis and their
friendship holds me in a way I could
never explain.
I am thankful for Eliot and his timeless wisdom and support.
I am truly blessed to get to know him here at the center.
I am thankful for Mark Gionfriddo, our executive Director.
Mark has gone out of his way to make me feel like family. I was able to spend
more than a week with Mark and his family in Mexico during the Fiesta. I truly
felt apart of something bigger then myself but yet felt supported and comforted
by it all.
I am thankful for all the wonderful people I have met along
the way. The conversations that have joined us; The moments that we will never
forget; The laughter that we experienced; The tender moments that have touched
me beyond my imagination.
I am thankful for the Blue Deer Center because it has opened
my eyes to a better future, one that I never saw coming and one that I know I
will cherish forever.
The Land, the river, the mountains will never be the same
again and that is so very special.
I look forward to many more special times and relationships
at the Blue Deer.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day
and I hope to see you at the Blue Deer Center very soon. Sincerely, Jenn
2 comments:
Wonderful message. We are thankful to have you at the Blue Deer Center. Happy Thanksgiving. All the best, Victoria
One of the most pleasurable and heavenly moments experienced has to do with recognizing Artwork of the Creator. Here is a picture of such art loving real life images and prayer for continuing thankfulness.
May we always hear the sweet sounds from the brook along the prairie’s edge, reemerging kisses embrace one into the love of Creation, i.e., quiet yet dynamic, the resolute darkness creating the continual radiance so light fills our day with appreciation and thankfulness of this beautiful creation we live in.
Please always support us in the river’s flow, in the steadfastness of your love, and swiftly bring us to meet you, in all glory and spontaneity in the sea of thy boundless grace. Grant that we meet the creator with open arms as our admiration, joy, respect, and more; for the One who has mastery of Artful expression like that of this wonderful creation we intimately share.
Let us not be afraid when we recognize the Creator as our own image, but allow the embrace to so thoroughly fulfill us thanking God for the breath of the Great Spirit, One Consciousness is ours forever and ever.
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