It’s the simple things …

Some business leaders and most “positive thinking” gurus encourage people to create “dream boards” (or to use their refrigerators doors as such).

To make a dream board, they tell you to cut out pictures of the things you want to get. The most common items you’ll see on dreams boards are pictures of large homes, luxury cars, exotic vacations, “hot” models, and yes, even pictures of money.

If you had a dream board, what pictures would be on it?

I read the story of a young boy who probably would have a very different dream board …

A 12-year-old boy named David was born without an immune system. He underwent a bone marrow transplant in order to correct the deficiency. Up to that point he had spent his entire life in a plastic bubble in order to prevent exposure to common germs, bacteria, and viruses that could kill him. He lived without ever knowing human contact. When asked what he’d like to do if and when released from his protective bubble, he replied, “I want to walk barefoot on grass, and touch my mother’s hand.”

The things worth wanting, and being grateful for, are often far more simple than the grand things we’re so constantly provoked by the world to value.

Thanksgiving Day offers us a time to sit and sift what is truly important, what we really value, and what we’re sincerely thankful for, and then make sure we’re living gratefully.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Scotty