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Thankfulness, Gratitude and Thanksgiving Defined

CornerStone wishes you a wonderfully blessed and abundant Thanksgiving! We value each of our professional relationships and appreciate the fact so many have grown into personal friendships. We have much to be thankful for – including the wonderful team of professionals we get to work with, our amazing realtor, lender and mortgage broker clients and the buyers and sellers we are afforded the opportunity to serve each day. With the help of Merriam-Webster, we have defined the terms of the season – thankful, grateful and thanksgiving below…

Thankfulness

thank·ful : being appreciate of benefit received; affording pleasure of contentment

Being thankful is a fine quality and demonstrates not only our understanding of the benefits we receive but also acknowledges the provider of those benefits. Thankfulness is one of the first step of humility and is the way in which we demonstrate our appreciation of others and of the blessings in our own lives.

Gratitude

grate·ful : conscious of benefit received; pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated

Gratefulness defines an even deeper level of appreciation than thankfulness. When we are grateful, we are not only appreciative of the benefits we receive but we are conscious of the source of the grace and the mercy so prevalent in our lives. Gratefulness is more a state of mind than an emotional feeling.

Thanksgiving

thanks·giv·ing : the act of giving thanks; a prayer expressing gratitude; a public acknowledgement or celebration of divine goodness.

While we celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday on the fourth Thursday of November each year, the act of “giving thanks” is not as much an event as something we actually do. We are encouraged to practice “thanksgiving” every moment of every day, even in the most difficult times, we have much to give thanks for.

Thank You!

As we reflect on the things we are thankful for this week, we are reminded of how critically important it is to walk in attitude of gratitude and in the act of thanksgiving  at all times. We are the most fortunate generation, country and society that has ever existed. We enjoy an unprecedented level of opportunity and freedom. CornerStone gives thanks for the opportunity to work each day helping others grow their business, play a part in making dreams come true and the freedom to do so in a way that glorifies God.

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