Guest Post: 10 Great Ideas For A Special Thanksgiving

There are many books that celebrate Thanksgiving. You can get some quickly online if you don't want to brave the stores.A Guest Post By Tracy Duke

Thanksgiving Idea #1 - A Thanksgiving Story
Set aside a few moments on Thanksgiving Day to sit down and read a Thanksgiving story. You can read it alone or together with your family. 

Thanksgiving Idea #2 - A Thanksgiving Poem or Prayer
Take on the family project of writing a Thanksgiving poem or prayer together. 

Thanksgiving Idea #3 - A Thanksgiving Bible Verse
Ask each family member to read a favorite Bible verse before the Thanksgiving meal. 

Thanksgiving Idea #4 - A Thanksgiving Memory
During Thanksgiving dinner, ask each family member to share a favorite Thanksgiving memory. 

Thanksgiving Idea #5 - Thanksgiving Communion
Plan a time of family Communion on Thanksgiving to give thanks by remembering Christ's life, death and resurrection. 

Thanksgiving Idea #6 - A Thanksgiving Blessing
Invite someone who has been widowed, a single person or someone who is lonely to share in your family Thanksgiving meal. Don't assume everyone has plans just because Thanksgiving is tomorrow.

Thanksgiving Idea #7 - A Thanksgiving Day Parade or Play
Put on your own Thanksgiving Day parade or "pilgrim play" with family, friends and neighbors.

Thanksgiving Idea #8 - A Thanksgiving Offering
Prepare a Thanksgiving offering to give to a needy family or one of your favorite charities. 

Thanksgiving Idea #9 - A Thanksgiving Walk
Walk off that turkey dinner and get outside for a while. Invite everyone else, or just get out alone for a few minutes and get your blood moving again, and reflect on the many things for which you are thankful.

Thanksgiving Idea #10 - A Thanksgiving Football Game
Plan a neighborhood football game for Thanksgiving weekend.

These ideas came to us from this post at About.com. For additional ideas you can check out these 2 sites: http://familyfun.go.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-games/ and http://holidays.kaboose.com/thanks-games-jokes.html

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What are your plans?

Thanksgiving—A Holiday For Winners

Winners are thankful 

Winners are focused on the long term, doing the right thing, building something for the future, giving back, and winners are appreciative. They appreciate good health, family, friends, the opportunity to be free and the opportunities that freedom provides. They are grateful for those who went before them and created their opportunities.

Losers take things for granted

They believe they are entitled. They don’t appreciate the things they have or the things others do for them. They are selfish and looking for their next handout. They think the world owes them. It never enters their minds to give back or do something for others. 

Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate values.     

Winners don’t take things for granted, but anybody can forget. It’s normal to forget—which is why this is the holiday for winners! It gives us a particular chance to make sure we don’t forget.  It forces us to pause, reflect and give thinks to God, our country, our friends, the ones who came before us, give us all of our opportunities and to be grateful and to celebrate all that we’ve been blessed with.

Winners realize these blessings don’t come automatically and they don't come cheap.

Reflecting and giving thanks on that fact is healthy and helps keep one on track to maintain a winning attitude necessary to succeed in life. Unfortunately, losers have a sour attitude and will go through the week complaining about all the problems they have and how everyone else has things better. Winners know better.

They know life isn’t perfect. They know that though they have as many problems or more than others, they also have many blessings.

So while losers will be wallowing in self-pity, only the winners will celebrating, and that's why it's their holiday!

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What are you most thankful for right now?