To Give. To Thank. To Give Thanks.

It's turkey time once again. It's a time of giving, a time of thanking, a time of giving thanks. Here I go...THANKS. I exude grace. Whatever.

I've come to realize how hard it is to live in the moment when you're forced to look at your future, your immediate future, due to rapidly approaching deadlines for graduate schools and work abroad programs. No matter. Live in the now, look to the future, and every now and again take a glance back at your past.

Giving propels one forward; thanking looks back in praise of the past; giving thanks is the way to live in the present. "Today is a gift. That's why they call it the present." Awww. Don't that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside (insert emotional response here).