Today we took a tour of one of the cranberry bogs of northern Wisconsin. It's amazing how much effort goes into something as simple as a can of cranberry sauce. The planting, growing and harvesting processes involve an amazing amount of care and effort. The yield of the crop, and the resulting value of the harvest, is so dependent on the whims of Mother Nature and the growers' response to temperatures and weather conditions.
There are so many things that we take for granted, as seemingly inconsequential as the cranberries on our Thanksgiving table. We are oblivious to all that has gone into bringing them to being. Yet, opportunities like this one remind us to take a moment whenever we can to stop and think about the little things in our lives and to acknowledge what went into creating each and every one.
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