Have you smelled your blessings lately?

Thanksgiving is here, and the Christmas holidays are around the corner.  Now is the time to take a moment and "smell" your blessings.  I posted this last year on FB, and I got so many responses about it.  Here is my thinking of this:  We smell strong perfume, old coffee, cigarette smoke, smelly feet, stinky lunches, and so much more all day long while at work, grocery store, the gym, etc.  I tend to get mad when I smell bad things because they bother my nose so much.  Then, I thought about it one day, "Why don't I smell my blessings when I get home?"  We talk about it all the time "My children smell so "different" after playing in the rain, playing in the mud, just plain playing."  Isn't that smell so much better than the everyday smells that we put ourselves through.  So, one of my mottos is "Have you smelled your blessings?"  My blessings think that I am crazy because I will literally smell them.  I think they are getting used to it now, but I can't get enough of what God has allowed me to have.

So, take a big whiff of those blessings on Thursday (and every other day), say a little prayer for them, and thank your Heavenly Father for what He has given you.