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We Lift Our Hearts in Thanksgiving

11/25/2014

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Courtesy of David and Jeanne Paige
We lift up our hearts in gratitude for the strong bonds of friends and family gathered together here.

We lift up our hearts in gratitude for fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews who are not with us here today.

We lift our hearts in thanks for those who have left an everlasting imprint on us even after they are gone.

We lift our hearts in appreciation for our friends who hold our hands and our hearts.

We lift up our hearts in thanks for the gift of warm homes and creature comforts, for the plenitude which fills our kitchens and fuels our bodies.

We lift up our hearts in gratitude for the gifts of good health and strong bodies.

We lift up our hearts in a song of thanksgiving for all of our unique individual talents.

We lift up our hearts in gratitude for the ability to fly high above the clouds, the fulfillment of an ancient dream.

We lift our hearts in thanksgiving for the gift of music and the arts
that delights our ears, hearts, and souls, for the ability to read and for the wonder of words that speak to our hearts.

We lift our hearts in thanks for our national freedoms of life, 
liberty and an opportunity to pursue happiness.

We lift up our hearts in thanksgiving for the expression of love which we share now and tomorrow.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving.

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