Thanksgiving

Well, Thanksgiving is over for all of us Canadians. Our American friends still have the turkey feeding frenzy to go through.

As we are now three days past I wonder how many people are still thinking gratitude? Has life now caught us and we are racing towards that ever elusive goal of success?

In my daily reading this morning I came across a great statement about taking the higher road. This is the road that is less traveled. How often do we miss the turn opting instead to stay on safe and narrow path never utilizing the opportunity we have to take the high road?

People who take the high road know that its not what happens TO you but IN you, that matters.

I love this story from the civil war. It seems there was a Confederate general named Whitting who was a jealous rival of general Robert E Lee. This general never passed up an opportunity to spread rumours about Lee. When President Jefferson Davis was considering the general for a promotion he asked Lee his opinion of him. Now, Lee had an opportunity to get even. What did he do? Without hesitation, Lee endorsed and commended Whitting. When pressed for details as to why, he simply stated, "I understand the President wanted to know my opinion of Whitting, not Whitting's opinion of me."

I wish I could say I would do the same. A useful nugget of history to help us build our character.

Oh, and I am grateful for that!