http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Celeste6321665/Tis amazing what I see when I slow down and really attend to the world around me and within me....hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Celeste6321665/584058Shopping becomes a contact sport of sorts this time of year. The push and shove and physicality of managing the crowded malls makes making gift choices of secondary concern at times....here is a bit of advice about the 'choice' part of the process.... "Do give books - religious or otherwise - for...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Celeste6321665/580621As this holiday approaches, I find myself preoccupied with the concept of thankfulness.... The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecherhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Celeste6321665/576593...at Thanksgiving....And in this modern age of plenty and the need to watch what we put in our mouths, this is does feel like a reason to give thanks.... What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Celeste6321665/574792...So strange that Thankgiving holiday is one of the rare times people seem to focus on their blessings....We are so blessed in the USA even with our current troubles, yet we are so vulnerable to a smooth talking candidate encouraging us to focus on all our problems as he gives the impression...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Celeste6321665/574552Shopping becomes a contact sport of sorts this time of year. The push and shove and physicality of managing the crowded malls makes making gift choices of secondary concern at times....here is a bit of advice about the 'choice' part of the process.... "Do give books - religious or otherwise - for...