When you see the words “Thanksgiving Story,” you might have mental images of Pilgrims eating turkey and thanking God for their blessings in the New World. But in this case, Scott tells the personal story about his first year living overseas, and thus his first Thanksgiving away from home and family. Stripped of all the familiar trappings of a family Thanksgiving, Scott was lonely, homesick, and struggling with self-pity in snow-encrusted Germany...until he had a sudden change of attitude, and then an even more sudden change of circumstances! Listen for the surprise ending!You can read more about this story in Scott’s blog. http://dreyercoaching.com/en/component/k2/item/68-thanksgiving-meaningWord of the Day: self-pity (noun) the negative attitude of feeling sorry for oneselfQuestion of the Day: Self-pity is obviously a harmful mindset. (Check out the two quotations below.) Since it is obviously not a helpful attitude, why do so many people still choose to embrace it?Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world. --Helen KellerYou can be pitiful or you can be powerful, but you can’t be both at the same time. --Joyce MeyerHave a question or feedback? Maybe a topic you’d like to hear in a future episode? Please email Scott at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe, write a review, and share them on social media and by word of mouth! Those are GREAT ways to help more people find our podcasts. Please also visit us at www.DreyerCoaching.com; check out the blog posts at the bottom of the page for more information about life in the USA and the crazy English language.