Happy Thanksgiving week and I know this season upon which we enter is a sacred one. While we want to fill our buckets up with gratitude, peace, and joy, it's easy to be overrun with busy-ness, chaos, angst, stress, and overwhelm. As we head into Thanksgiving week and the holiday season, I wanted to slow things down…take a deep breath… and talk about two of the most powerful forces we have in our lives: Gratitude and Grace. If you want to feel more joy, more peace, more purpose and even more love, gratitude and grace are the gateway.

Today, I want to share 7 things I'm especially grateful for this Thanksgiving and then I want to talk about how grace shows up—even in the imperfect, messy, beautiful parts of our lives. Let's dive in now:

I'm particularly GRATEFUL for:

• Family. Pumped to be heading to South Carolina to celebrate Thanksgiving in the Carolina's.
• The amazing Retreat we just had and the 110 SOULS who said 'Yes' to being in the Room. Included are some of my top takeaways from Retreat…
• Health…on all levels physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
• The Trials, Tests, & Tribulations. Yep. Sounds strange but I'm grateful for the struggles and pain as it got me to where I'm at today. And I've learned to be grateful in the 'hard seasons.'
• My Life's Work—Coaching, Inspiring, & Leading people to be THEIR best. I'm grateful for the calling on my life to coach, motivate, teach, and transform lives.
• Friends & the IMPACT Community. I'm grateful for the people who inspire me, challenge me, stretch me, and support me. And people just like you listening to the podcast or reading the Shownotes or even one of my books. Thank you. We have one heckuva Community and I'm grateful for you.
• Opportunity & Possibility. I'm grateful for the open doors, the new projects, the ideas, the creativity, the energy that flows when you're aligned with your purpose.
• Faith…it has carried me through the highest mountains and the lowest valleys.

Additionally, I share the difference between GRATITUDE and GRACE and define what GRACE really is. This Thanksgiving, I pray that you not only feel gratitude… but that you extend grace—to others, and to yourself.

Here is your Thanksgiving Challenge This week, take 5 minutes each morning and write down:

• 3 things you're grateful for
• 1 person you want to extend grace toward

CLOSING PRAYER God, thank You for the blessings in our lives—seen and unseen, big and small.

Thank You for family, for health, for purpose, for love, and for the breath in our lungs. Help us to live with gratitude, to lead with grace, and to be a light in the world. Amen.

FINAL WORD From the Durkin family to your family…Happy Thanksgiving. May your heart be full of gratitude, your spirit grounded in grace, and your life be overflowing with IMPACT.

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