I'm doing something new today and I have made an episode for the whole family.

So you don't have to listen to this in your earbuds.

You can push play while you're riding in the car and listen because this is all about Thanksgiving

and how we can practice gratitude.

Melody Beattie said gratitude unlocks the fullness life, and that is what we're talking about today.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 294.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

Simply put, that's where our life and our legacy

take place. This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a

healthy soul and a fulfilling life. Let's dive in. Okay, today's a kid-friendly episode. That's right. I'm recording an episode for you to listen to with your kids on purpose. This is the first time I've done this, and I'm kind of loving this idea. I'd love for you to let me know what you think. I hear from moms all the time that sometimes you'll hit play and listen to my

podcast with your kids listening in, which I love so much. But I thought, you know what, I'm inviting

my kids into this episode and I want your kids listening to. We're going to talk all about

thankfulness and how showing gratitude, being thankful can truly change your whole perspective in life.

Thanksgiving's coming up.

It's just a week and a half away.

And it can so easily be overshadowed by Christmas and all the decorations and all the gifts and all the things that we want.

But I'm here to say, Thanksgiving is great.

And I wanted to share with you five simple ideas that you

can do as a family to focus on all the things that you already have. Because we know that a lot of

times when we start to look at all the things that we don't have and all the things that we want,

it can kind of

produce some discontentment in our hearts.

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