Many years ago, I got a wonderful voice-mail message from a colleague the day before Thanksgiving. She said she was thankful to have me in her life and shared what I meant to her. I don’t remember exactly what she said, but I do know that I listened to it many times and to this day the memory makes me smile. Someone took time out of their busy life to call me and tell me nice things!

This is the beginning of a very busy time of year. People will be out buying gifts and more gifts. But maybe the best gift of all is not a thing you buy in a store. Not a thing that might add clutter or go unused. Not a thing that will be played with for 7 seconds before moving onto the next thing. Maybe the best gift of all is to tell someone in person or call them on the phone and tell them how thankful you are to have them in your life. Not a tweet or a message on Facebook. Not an email or an e-card. An actual conversation or a voice-mail. That just might be the gift that means so much more and gets remembered years later.

Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for reading this!