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Blessed and thankful ~

We had a wonderful Father's day celebration here....
all the boys bought dinner
and cooked out on the grill to honor their Dad!
A few thoughts that are on my mind today:
No matter what trials or tribulations that may come our way,
I always want to remember how very blessed we all are and
to be thankful for each and every wonderful blessing that has come our way!!
We could choose to dwell on the negative....
maybe the things that are missing or
what has gone wrong in our lives......
But what we SHOULD think of all that is GOOD in our lives!
And if it's not all good then let's think on how we can fix that....
Our minds are such a powerful tool, don't you think?
Cherish the blessings ~ Wishing my sweet friends a WONDERFUL and BLESSED Monday!!! Posted by The Feathered Nest at 1:42 AM 
Lovely message Dawn, thank you! Glad you had a special weekend and thank you for the pretty images!

June 20, 2011 at 2:18 AM 
Thanks for all the sweet images, today, Dawn! And, I couldn't agree more with your sentiments. God is good all the time - all the time God is good. Celebrate - even in the storms. Hard to do, I know, but the rainbows come when sunshine manifests in the midst of storm clouds.


June 20, 2011 at 3:52 AM 
Thankyou sweetest Dawn, for your thoughtful, and lovely writings today,- we have so much to be thankful for, among them ,for me, being your friend, I treasure that so very much, dear.
Thankyou for the new (for me) images, I love the little girl.

June 20, 2011 at 4:01 AM 
Yes, Thank you for the lovely images. Your message was very positive, nice to hear with all the negativity out there, a welcome change.

June 20, 2011 at 5:03 AM 
Couldn't agree with your sentiments any more. Sweet images...love the confident ballerina on point with that enigmatic little grin and her arms so gracefully arched.

June 20, 2011 at 7:07 AM 
Thank you for your positive, thoughtful and inspirational post to start the week in a good way Dawn!
Love the images too!
Wishing you a wonderful new week!

June 20, 2011 at 8:28 AM 
Lovely thoughts Dawn...

June 20, 2011 at 9:35 AM 
Such a sweet message Dawn!
Thank you for all the images. Love the little one with the stuffed toys...such a dear expression!

Have a joy-filled week!

Silly blogger won't let me comment as "me"...so I'm anonymous today!! :)


June 20, 2011 at 9:57 AM 
Dearest Dawn, We all have those ups and downs of life, but what you do with them...that's up to you. You are a fine example, with such a generous spirit and inspiring presence here. I am grateful for the many blessings of life, and that includes you dear Dawn! Love, Penny

June 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM 
Glad you had a nice weekend! Love your beautiful message, and you're so right! I'm always saying be careful what you think and say, because I also believe that the mind is a very powerful thing like you said, and that what you think a say will likely become your reality.

Happy thoughts and wishes!

June 20, 2011 at 2:25 PM 
Dear Dawn..thank you for the messages of hope and thanksgiving..lovely pictures..take care sweet friend

June 20, 2011 at 9:26 PM 
Glad you had a nice weekend.Thanks for the beautiful message and images.Hugs,Jen

June 20, 2011 at 11:20 PM 
Gorgeous message and beautiful images!

June 20, 2011 at 11:24 PM 
Love the old pictures...... brings back memories that warm the soul........ Fathers day here was beautiful...... it was our first since losing dad.. we did ok........

June 20, 2011 at 11:45 PM Mona_63 said...

Dziękuję za grafiki... thank you...

June 21, 2011 at 4:36 AM 
It sounds like it was a wonderful Father's Day. Thanks for this beautiful post. It brings to mind Philippians 4:8

...whatever is true...whatever is right...think about such things.

What a wonderful assortment of images you've shared with us. My wheels are already turning as to what I can do with them.

You are a blessing Dawn. ~ Abby

June 21, 2011 at 6:03 AM 
So happy you had a good weekend. Thank you for the Pooh Bear image, just had twin grandsons and the nursery is decorated in classical Pooh, so I will be using the image in my scrapbooking!

June 21, 2011 at 7:00 AM 
What a great & powerful message today. It's so easy to get those negative thoughts going on in our heads. And worse yet to spread them. Love your post friend, & that laughing baby!!!!!!!! Looks like Clara.

June 21, 2011 at 9:41 AM 
Thank you for the images,

June 21, 2011 at 4:28 PM 
thank you Dawn for the great pics and also for your thoughts. We also had a great fathers Day combined with a family birthday.



June 21, 2011 at 8:33 PM 
You are sooooo right. Positive thinking is a very heakthy thing I believe for our mind and our soul. Happy Days Dawn!

June 22, 2011 at 7:07 AM 
You find the most beautiful images. Thanks so much for sharing.


May 23, 2012 at 10:19 AM