Jael's Art Jewels Blog: Hoping for a reason to give thanks

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Hoping for a reason to give thanks

Thanksgiving is coming up on Thursday. My father is scheduled for back surgery on Wednesday. I'm hoping that the surgery is successful and that it clears up the pain.

6 comments:

Live, Love, Laugh, Write! said...: I hope the surgery goes well!; November 23, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Jael said...: Thank you.; November 23, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Praying for you and your dad Jael.
Big hugs!; November 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM
KellyK said...: Hang in there, friend... where there's life, there's hope!; November 25, 2008 at 1:35 PM
storybeader said...: Wishing well for you and your family. Happy Thanksgiving.; November 25, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Anonymous said...: Been thinking about you and hoping that things went well for your Dad.; November 28, 2008 at 3:08 AM

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Starfish Story
Once a man was walking along a beach.
The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf's edge and and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action of the tide.

The man was struck by the the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to perish. As he approached, the person continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.

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