Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Today was one of my favorite days of the year.  Every year I serve Thanksgiving dinner to Las Vegas homeless Vets at the Elk's Lodge.  It's truly remarkable to see how appreciative and thankful  the Vets are for our food and service.  All the while, we should be the one's thanking them.  It humbles me to see that they have so little or nothing yet are so grateful.

Lessons to be learned from today:  the little things and the little moments...aren't so little. Less really can be more.  Too often we struggle with the complexities in life and avoid the simplicities.  Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Thank you Las Vegas Vets for your gratitude and to the Elk's lodge for allowing me to participate every year. 

Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
 

~ Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching 

 


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