{"id":2483,"date":"2010-11-01T08:45:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:45","slug":"kicking-off-month-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/kicking-off-month-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicking off Month of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2485\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/waferboard\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2485 \" title=\"5074500957_05f131c406\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/5074500957_05f131c406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/5074500957_05f131c406.jpg 500w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/5074500957_05f131c406-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/5074500957_05f131c406-370x242.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#039;m a vegetarian so I&#039;m more excited about the pie on Thanksgiving than the turkey. This lovely Flickr photo from waferboard has me counting down the days.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nToday is the first day of November, so it&#8217;s also the first day of the Month of Thanksgiving here on Newvine Growing.<br \/>\nThis is the second year* I&#8217;ve led up to Thanksgiving by focusing on getting myself into a thankful state, sort of like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchyear.net\/lent.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lent<\/a> aims to get Christians mindful of the celebration of Easter.<br \/>\nIn case you missed last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/tag\/month-of-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Month of Thanksgiving<\/a>, here are some of my favorite posts, all on themes related to overcoming obstacles to gratitude.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/02\/day-eight-whats-on-your-hate-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acknowledge the things you hate and try to find  something you love in each<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/04\/day-10-regrets-ive-had-a-few\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reflect on your regrets and give thanks for the lessons  your mistakes have taught you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/05\/day-11-forgiveness-forgiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">try to forgive the people who\u2019ve hurt you, or at least  to find something to be grateful for in the hurt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/03\/day-nine-i-want-i-want-i-want\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">try to redirect your desire for things you don\u2019t have  to gratitude for things you already have<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/16\/day-22-finding-gratitude-in-grief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">if you\u2019re grieving, reflect on the reasons you\u2019re  grateful to have known the loved one you\u2019ve lost<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/23\/day-29-lifes-messy-and-thats-ok\/\">embrace  life\u2019s imperfections \u2014 if you throw a dinner party and it goes terribly  wrong, at least you\u2019ll get a laugh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/06\/day-12-too-much-to-do-not-enough-time-to-do-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">find time to be grateful even if you think you don\u2019t  have time to give thanks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year I plan to use these posts a little more like <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/10\/27\/day-two-starting-a-gratitude-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a gratitude journal<\/a>, sharing specific things I&#8217;m grateful for every day, in addition to writing about broad themes.<br \/>\n<strong>I hope you will share what you&#8217;re grateful for, as well. Share your gratitude any time you feel inspired &#8212; and look for prizes to help inspire your gratitude, too.<\/strong><br \/>\n* Because this is the second year, AP Stylebook now says I can refer to Month of Thanksgiving as &#8220;annual.&#8221; There is no such thing as first annual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the first day of November, so it&#8217;s also the first day of the Month of Thanksgiving here on Newvine Growing. This is the second year* I&#8217;ve led up to Thanksgiving by focusing on getting myself into a thankful state, sort of like Lent aims to get Christians mindful of the celebration of Easter. 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