I am headed to Vermont this Thanksgiving, the only place I know as home, and spending a few days in these beautiful fields and hills. It is beautiful there this time of year and I am very grateful, though life isn’t perfect, to be spending my holiday there. Here are some paintings I’ve recently done that capture the heart of Vermont. As I ponder my thoughts on thankfulness this season, one theme seems to stand out above the usual sentiment of this time of year. Be thankful today, no matter what your circumstance. For tomorrow may never come. Today is your chance to be grateful. Not tomorrow but today. With all that encompasses this day, find something for which to rejoice, ever be it so small. Find something. Its there if you look.
Oh to be thankful. Today is the day to express thanks. If we take a minute and think about it, there are so many things great and small for which to be grateful. Life will never be perfect. Sorrows will always come, always be there. For if we wait until all sorrow is banished, gratitude will never emerge. But if we can look beyond life’s imperfections, disappointments, and utter heartbreak to find something for which we are grateful, appreciate, enjoy, we can overcome the greatest tragedy of all, going through life and never seeing all the blessings we have been given.
Sarah Hopkins Art 