Every morning when we wake up, we get to choose our attitude. Any attitude we wish is available for the taking. We can put it on and wear it the entire day, and just like the right pair of shoes can change the outfit, the right attitude can change your experience. Most days we wake up unaware of this choice. We wait and see how our jeans fit, how our hair looks, what the weather is, and how the family wakes up. Good day, good attitude. Bad day, bad attitude. Average day, average attitude. We allow our experience to dictate and determine our perspective. But within us is the power to change our entire experience, regardless of circumstances. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a day set aside for the attitude of gratitude. But what about today … can you be filled with Thanksgiving on this day. The day when you travel, when you clean, when you prep, when you rush and stress over things that simply don’t matter. What is your chosen attitude today, my friend? Melody Beattie said “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” This is my sixth Thanksgiving without my Daddy, and without any of our kids. Our table is small. However I’m surrounded by a million reasons to still be grateful, and it is my predetermined gratitude that will highlight and magnify them all. Maybe you too will be missing someone around the dinner table this Thanksgiving. There can still be gratitude. Gratitude for all the years they were there. Savor those memories and let there be more gratitude than sadness. Maybe your own seat is occupied by a woman who carries a heavy load and deep burdens because of life’s current circumstances. There can still be gratitude. Gratitude for all the times God has gotten you through in the past, and the promise he will carry you through this too. Unlock the fullness of life today with your thanksgiving. We truly have so much to be grateful for. Some of my favorite statistics prove how fortunate we truly are. Did you know if you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world. Did you know if you have any amount of money in the bank, in your purse, or even some spare change hidden in your couch cushions, you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealth. That’s me. Isn’t that you too? Girls, do you know what this means …. this means we are wildly rich and ridiculously blessed! Even in our current less than perfect life scenario, we have so much to be grateful for. Recognize it now. This is you. Wildly rich and ridiculously blessed. Yes, we’re card carrying members of the WRRB Club! Wildly Rich and Ridiculously Blessed! That is your truth. Now, what will you do with it? Who will you thank? Luke 17: 11-19 tells us a story of 10 men sick with leprosy who met Jesus. Jesus healed all 10 of them, but only 1 came back to thank him. Now Jesus was literally shocked by this and says “were not all 10 cleansed? Where are the other 9?” But to the 1 who returned to give thanks he said “rise and go; your faith has made you well.” We gather this week as the wildly rich and ridiculously blessed. The ones who have an abundance of proof in their lives of God’s goodness and grace. The ones who have been saved and redeemed. The ones who have been given more than we could ever deserve. The ones who have proven to be ungrateful in the past, caught up in the details,