Giving Thanks in 2007

I am grateful for life and the opportunities of each new day.
I am grateful for more than half a century of exceptionally good health.
I appreciate that I live at a time of unprecedented knowledge, opportunities, communication, mobility, modern health care, and comfort.
I'm most thankful for the land of freedom which I live and those who have sacrificed to obtain and defend that freedom.
I am thankful that everyday of my life, I have had a doorknob on my side of the door to allow me to go out into the world and experience life.
I consider myself most blessed to have the companionship of a devoted wife and help meet who loves me dearly, and five healthy, diversely talented children who love and honor their parents.
My life is given meaning by the priceless blessing of a testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and by the atonement of the Savior.
I'm grateful for more than 24 years of steady employment and the opportunity to work daily with good people.
I cherish my brother and sisters and their steadfast support.
I'm thankful for many family members and dear friends whose love and support in times of trial makes life a joy.
I'm appreciative that I can re-experience and savor sweet memories over and over again.
I'm thankful for plenty to eat.
I've grateful for clean drinking water, a blessing that eludes many in this life.
I am blessed with the irreplaceable gift of music in my life.
I'm grateful that I feel contentment and peace in my life.
I'm thankful for the God-given gifts of agency, repentance, and forgiveness.
I'm grateful for faith in the eternal nature of the soul and the promise of resurrection and eternal life with God and loved ones.
I'm thankful for the blessings of the Sealing Power of the Holy Priesthood and our eternal family relationships.
I'm thankful for the blessing of gratitude and how it makes everything in life that much better.
I appreciate the opportunity to periodically pause, ponder, and to try to count my many blessings.

Cameron Hess