Whatever gift(s) we have been blessed with, it's our responsibility to leverage them for good not only for ourselves but for the greater good, our family, community, our world. It's not about comparing the gifts of others; it's about what we have been blessed with to use.
As one of my mentors would say, "our skills not only help others and makes a difference in our world but they also pay our bills!"
In fact, I was thinking about the story of the talents. One was blessed with 10, one with 5 and the last one with 1. The first 2 were industrious and essentially worked their talents for growth while the one with 1 buried his.
There is no competition when it comes to the gifts we've been blessed with as we are in our own lanes when it comes to the giftings we have in our arsenal.
But it is not by chance that how we use our gifts affects everyone and everything around us for good or otherwise.
Let's make it our choice to do good with the gifts we have. Someone is always waiting on the other side of what we can offer our community, our society, our world.
Some grateful thoughts about being thankful for the gifts we've been blessed with.
"We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction."
"The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings."
"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
"Each day is a gift from God. What you do with it is your gift to Him."
"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."
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