Reader comments
Attitudes of Gratitude
7 comments | Read story
Sometimes we thank others automaticaly, out of habit, and although our words convey thanksgiving, our tones of voice are flat and emotionless and empty.
I need to be more thankful for all God has given us. I also need to focus more on expressing my gratitude to others in a way which truly emotes love. Not just in words, but in deeds.
The usual happens the Salvation Army and other Organizations have a huge feed. They have a huge feed in Downtown Honolulu. A lot of people live alone on fixed incomes. A lot of people are the type of people who are going to lose their TV Reception when Hawaii goes Digital unless they use the Government Supplied Coupon and get the converter box.
A lot of People just go out to Eat. Some get Turkey Plate Lunch.
We have several Asian and Hawaiian Items on our menu now, and Not just Pineapple. I have also developed a taste for squid and as long as I don't Salt it I can eat as much as I want.
This year my Foster Kids are going to be with their Aunt and Grandma. The Wife is working, so I am going to do Banquet Turkey Slices in Gravy. Shrimp, Squid, Homemade Mashed Potatoes, Bagged Salad, Mac Nut Ice Cream. Other stuff also.
Wal-Mart is Closed and K Mart is open. But I am not going to K Mart ever.
an "attitude of gratitude" is the best gift we can give, and the most admirable characteristic one can possess.
Add your comment
Comments are monitored. Any comments found to be abusive, offensive, off-topic, misrepresentative, more than 200 words or containing URLs will not be posted.
E-mail address: For internal use only. We may want to contact you to publish your comment (not your e-mail address) in the newspaper or for a separate story idea.
- Moguls skier Jeremy Bloom retires 10:51 a.m.
- Police probe synagogue vandalism 10:44 a.m.
- O'Connor's husband dies 10:36 a.m.
- Russia launches program for tigers 10:35 a.m.
- Veterans Day in Afghanistan 10:34 a.m.
- Drug industry presses FDA 10:31 a.m.
- Obama honors veterans 10:29 a.m.
- New dinosaur species found 10:21 a.m.
- Utah canyon up for designation 10:17 a.m.
- BYU football recruit turning heads 9:04 a.m.
- SLC council OKs gay rights policies
- Pratt pleads not guilty to sex charges
- Utah group finds homes for orphans
- Utah Jazz have a problem at point
- Wyoming writer amazed by BYU
- Hair-pulling raises more questions
- 'Love story' of crash victim ends
- Y. tight ends talented tandem
- 4 Jazz players make All-Star ballot
- 12 Utes return to Texas
- House passes health care bill
268 - TCU showdown has big implications
188 - Lobo suspended
185 - Senators want food tax restored
156 - Cougars crush hapless Cowboys
155 - Utah Jazz fall apart against Kings
131 - TCU 4th in AP poll; U. 16th, Y. 22nd
119 - No 'backlash' for pioneers, gays analogy
106 - S.L. vote pending on gay protections
105 - Utes pound winless Lobos
90
A comprehensive listing of missionary reunions being held this week.
It's hard to factor in BYU stats when 70% of BYU students aren't actually...
Blow the dust off your specs. He's also 6-2 and weighs 235. Not like the...
Hey, Doug G., sometimes doing nothing is BETTER than doing something,...
Bite your ute tongue!
One of the strange misconceptions people have on this site is the idea that...
So how is this this enforced? Young people with sporadic income and jobs, no...
First, Utahans...take this opportunity for NO TAXES on unprepared food. ...
["He placed thorns in my flesh to teach me humility"] wow. you should sue...
This is about Kelly, not Brady. Brady is playing with the Packers.
It's a start. Now keep going.



In 1971, I was a soldier in the 101st Airborne at Camp eagle, Viet Nam, and I went on R&R to Sydney, Australia.
As the chartered Pan Am aircraft was in flight, I mentioned to one of the other soldiers that I was looking forward to having a Thanksgiving feast in Australia.
That's when he reminded me that Thanksgiving was an AMERICAN holiday, not observed in Australia, so there'd be no Thanksgiving feast.
When we landed, following the counsel of LDS Church leaders, I contacted the local LDS officials, who arranged for me to stay with an LDS family, rather than going to a hotel.
It was also arranged for me to have Thanksgiving dinner at the home of an American family living in Sydney, along with a couple of the full-time LDS missionaries who were there from America.
Ever since then, I've realized how very unique our country and our heritage is, and Thanksgiving Day will always be a particularly patriotic time for me, a day for dressing up and appropriately wearing military decorations.
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee
Official Bard of Clan Henderson
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Washington, D.C. 20011-8400