you need to read "one thousand gifts"

i recently finished the book "one thousand gifts" by ann voskamp.

you should read this book because it has so many awesome ways to encourage you to live out thanksgiving in your life. it can be hard to read as the author writes in a more poetic manner, but its worth it for the gems inside.
just 2 of my favorite quotes from the book are:
"this dare to write down one thousand things i love. it really is a dare to name all the ways that God loves me." (the author was dared to write down one thousand things she was thankful for)
"life is dessert - to brief to hurry!"
i am now starting my own list of one thousand gifts.
(thanks mom for getting me this book!)