This is awesome man.

I think it's important that we all take a step back from time to time to reflect on what God has provided for us. In most cases, it's pretty outlandish compared to what many people around the world (and sadly even in the US and Canada) have.

It's also time to think about how we can pass on the blessings that we have been given to others and really look to give something back and share that love.

I'm going to remember to give thanks for my family and friends, and for the sacrifice God made to save deeply flawed people like me.

God Bless,
Wade Tonkin

Wade brother! Thanks for checking it out and sharing on what really matters, man!

Sherman,
I'm thankful for you (for introducing me to Denis, Semiologic Pro, and WordpressTutorials) and for your Half-Hour Huddles. You are authentic, and in a world of internet gurus, it's so nice to know I can trust your recommendations. Thanks for being so generous with your content and honest in your assessments. May you and your family be abundantly blessed as you continue to bless others!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Diane, you rock! Appreciate your support, and I thank God for your spirit, your enthusiasm, and your drive. You motivate and inspire many in your sphere of influence that they can make a difference - in their health, their finances, and their spirits - you're a champion!

In the final judgment I think we are measured by what we give and leave behind. You are truly a giver and like many others I am a Sherman Hu fan. Great stuff Sherman, as is your facebook and huddle initiatives.

Thanks Bill, appreciate your support! Love the stuff you're doing on Facebook - happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Bill!

Dear Sherman,

We met at BlogWorld and I am so glad you have accelerated my interest in the blogosphere by helping me overcome my fear of the unknown.

Your gifts and talents are evident!

Sincerely,
Carlos Hernandez, San Francisco

Carolos, my man! Wazzup! Thanks so much for your support and encouragement - I appreciate you!

Keep in touch, k? Feel free to share this video with friends and family

Cheers!

"And I thank you for this moment"

I can't think of a better way to give yourself and others you love - the perfect day.

The best and most memorial days in my life happen when I am thankful for the day - and thankful for the moment.

Many people around the world are met by unthinkable challenges - At the very least make a difference were you can.

And every day you make contact with someone just think… "How can I help and how will I be remembered?"

Really give it some thought - you make an impression for the moment - and in some cases a life time.

Recently I received the worst - and the best phone call in my life … "ever!"

About 1am in the morning I received a phone call that my younger brother was dead. This was about three hours after they didn't know if they should call an ambulance - I live across the country so I couldn't just rush over…

At that instant nothing seems real …"just numb" - Ten minutes into the call my wife is calling a family member to see what hospital he was taken to - or if he made it to a hospital.

It was then - I was handed the other phone. It was my brother!

In my left hand was the worst phone call in my life - and in my right hand was the best phone call in my life.

Nothing in the world could have made me happier. Nothing could come close to that gift.

In most cases in life we will never receive that second phone call. I thank God everyday for that second call and for the people I love in my life.

Thank you for sharing this video Sherman. Well done!

I thank God every day for this wonderful life

Nick Teetzel

Nick, WOW! Thanks for this wonderful moment - and for sharing your brother's story, I'm glad he's alive and kickin' - praise God!

WOW, a BIG THANKS!

Sherman (Babe),
I'm so very proud of you. This video shows
not only your love for people but your love of
God and life. This video makes me think of a few things I'm thankful for.
I'm so thankful you asked me to marry you and even more thankful I said yes…lol. I'm thankful for our children and I'm thankful for God's love.
Thank you for being an amazing husband and father and
for always putting us first.
Love your wife:)
Sarah

Thanks babe! (I'll leave the gushy stuff offline - so our readers don't hurl But I sure am the luckiest man alive! XOXO

Thank you, Sherman! That is an inspiring video, touching my soul.

It is true that a lot of our time on earth we take for granted. We live in a time of so much abundance, more than ever before. We have more opportunities, resources and luxuries around us than any other time on earth and we still find things that we can complain about.

Your video is a reminder that there is much more to life than external and material satisfaction. It is much bigger and it is all around us.

I am so very thankful, that I am alive and I can experience life in its entire fullness, with its happy and its sad moments. I am happy for having the friends that I have the memories I have. I am thankful for the genius of humanity, and the musical and scripted masterpieces of others that I can listen to and read to inspire me.

I am thankful to your video for reminding me of some of my childhood hopes and that they are being fulfilled.

May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving!

WOW Diyana, thanks for sharing what you're thankful for! A blessed Thanksgiving to you and yours

Michael Rabinovici, President of OccasionalWords.com is a friend of mine. He emailed me today, and I'm inserting it here for you to enjoy, if it applies to you.

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Hey Sherman,

Just to let you know, as our way of expressing thanks for all our blessings, we are giving away our selection of professionally written,
Thanksgiving toasts at www.occasionalwords.com.

Please feel free to share with your list.

A happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Regards,

Michael

Michael Rabinovici, LL.B.
President
www.occasionalwords.com
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Thanks Michael, appreciate your gift!

I forwarded your video on to about 250 people this evening — as a way to help us count our blessings this week. You've helped me count mine today! Thanks for everything!

Happy Thanks-Living Sherman!

Claire
from half-a-mind-to.com

Claire, you're awesome! Appreciate you much! Happy Thanks-Living to you too

Chat soon, eh? Cheers!

Hey Sherman - this is off-the-charts incredible!!!! Wowee, I'm so impressed. Do you know Scott Stratten? He's the guru of these types of movies - I'm sure he'd be SO proud of your creation!!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Cheers,
Mari

Hey Mari, just checked out Scott's Time Movie, cool!

Thanks for your support, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving to your your hubby!

Cheers, Sherman

Dear Sherman,
I've been offline for sometime now with computer woes. I am checking email on a borrowed one tonight and caught your video.

It's been a month of passings, my dad, among others. Your video is a present tense reminder that there is still good in every life today and in every life well lived. And, sadness, though it tempers one's outlook, will not always be overwhelming.

Thanks to you and for you in your work and in your love and care for your family.

It's AWESOME Sherman … thanks for sharing! Just what I needed to be reminded of today … jeeping things in perspective is one of my greatest struggles! I am always thankful for a reminder …

We are thankful to have such great friends as you & sarah!!!

Love you guys!

Hi Janet, I'm sorry to hear about your Dad's passing, amongst others. I'm glad that this video could be a small source of inspiration. I just experienced the passing of a very dear old friend in his 80s, and your sharing reminded me of my recent experience, which leads me to reflect once again on the fragility of life. Thanks Janet, I appreciate you.

Hey Gloria, thanks for checking it out Appreciate you and Ray too! Love you both

Hi Sherman,

thanks a lot for sharing that video with the world. It's music reminds me of "Why worry" by The Dire Straits which I used for a video about my brother's life six weeks ago. My brother passed away on September 29, only 42 years old, and I am thankful for the time we had together, for being his sister, for my mother, my husband, my friends and for every day and the experiences it brings.

I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Cheers, Melanie

Hi Sherman,
What a lovely reminder to say thanks for all the things in our lives. Our lives are very full, and so often we do take, especially the small things for granted. I have the remarkable opportunity to have some time right now and I get to notice the beauty in the smallest things.
I am so grateful for my family and also for the amazing others in my life. Life is full of incredible people and opportunities, sometimes you just need to be open to seeing them. Thank you for this lovely inspiration. May you have a wonderful thanksgiving.
Cassandra

Hi Melanie, you're welcome. WOW, I remember Dire Straits I'm so sorry to hear about your brother's passing - my thoughts are with you and yours. And you're right to be thankful for the short time we have as family and friends.

Thanks for your wishes, and all the best of the season to you and yours!

Hey Cassandra, its super that you're taking the time to do what you're doing with the time you have now. Thanks for being thankful. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving too!

Hey Sherman,

Your email about this video is a breath of fresh air compared to the 100s of email promos I get this week.

I appreciate you man!

And Happy Thanks Giving!

Best,
Adrian

Hey Adrian, thanks brother! I know exactly what you mean

Appreciate you - have a great one!

You're most welcome buddy.

I've just posted on my blog and sent an email out to over 4000+ subscribers about this.

We should catch up one of these days.

Best,
Adrian

You rock, Adrian! Thanks!

Cheers!

Thankful for the mercy, long suffering and grace of God to save a proud, self centered man like me from certain destruction…(Eph 3:20) "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,"

….and straight, honest people like you Sherman!

Every blessing

Andy Clarke

Sherman,

Great video. Simple and well made. I didn't know you are a web marketer but hopefully we can chat about it as I am interested in it. Otherwise I enjoyed it and hope it blesses others like it has blessed me.

Dave

As I'm at the other side of the Atlantic I'm downloading the video rather than waiting for it to buffer, and it's going to take a good while yet before I can actually watch it, but after all these great comments I can tell you that I'm really looking forward to it.

We don't have Thanksgiving here, which I think is a great pity, as it's a wonderful opportunity to take some time to appreciate the things we often take for granted. I hope you won't mind letting me be an honorary American for today, so that I can join in!

This year, I have a special reason for giving thanks. Just over a week ago I had what I can only describe as a miraculous escape from what would almost certainly have been a fatal car wreck.

I say that it's miraculous because there's no way that I would have the strength to stop the car (I was standing behind it at the time) from rolling backwards into oncoming traffic, and running me over in the process… but as I pushed with all my might and prayed aloud, the car stood still, just inches from the traffic.

In the circumstances, I feel very thankful indeed to be alive.

Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family, and all your readers.

I am Thankful for my children, our health, friendships, love of family. But most of all life. Everyone have a safe holiday. The Redmond Family

I am thankful that love exists in the world.

This video has been shared as a guest video to all my subscribers around the world as a message that the most powerful secret of success remains simple gratitude and a positive attitude.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving. Every now and again. We have to have someone to remind us that life is made up of little things and loved ones.

Thanks Sherman. And God Bless.

- David Bullock

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Hi Sherman

Wow! This video is absolutely terrific, and I've already started sharing it through our blogs (the Banabu Australia pingback above is one of ours). Thank you!

One question though about the music… it sounds so familiar? What is it???

Thanks also to Pawan Agrawal from MaxBlogPress for referring me to your video. Because of that, I've now spent the last few HOURS going through more of your sites, especially checking out the podcasting stuff. All excellent material. Well done!

There's one extra thig I can now be thankful for, and that's having found you! I'm sure to learn a lot from you in the near future.

Best wishes
Stephen Spry

@ Andy Clarke - thanks brother! Appreciate you sharing from your heart about what you're thankful for - the Ultimate Thanks! And I appreciate your blessings - to you and yours too!

@ Dave Wong - hey man, I thought you knew I'm thrilled that you were blessed by it.

@ Aislinn O'Connor - you're welcome to be an honorary American, fine by me, as I'm Canadian We've already had our Thanksgiving, but enjoying it again. I'm so thankful that you shared your story, that IS a miracle! I'm thrilled that you're alive to tell that story. Reminds me of the time my car slid down an icy road and stopping just before the lights towards a street of moving cars, whew! Angels were busy that night! Aislinn, thank you!

@ Jimi & The Redmond Family - thanks for sharing what matters to you, and appreciate you and your family!

@ Scott Shubert - I'm grateful for you. And thanks for sharing this video with your subscribers - and I pray they'll stop to ponder and reflect on what they're thankful for, and what really matters in their lives. Thanks!

@ David Bullock - Love you brother! Thanks for viewing it and sharing your blessings. God bless your family and you, send my love and regards!

@ Toni from Banabu Australia - thanks to you for sharing this video with your blog readers. Appreciate you!

@ Cyres from Cyres Cafe - thanks for sharing this video with your blog readers.

@ Stephen Spry - thanks for taking the time to view this video, and sharing this video with your blog network. The song was bought off a royalty-free music collection. And yes, thanks to Pawan Agrawal for referring you to this video! Also appreciate you taking the time to research my other sites All the best to you and yours, Stephen! Cheers!

@ All of you, and future commenters: I'm amazed and humbled at the thousands of views this video has received. The exposure keeps on doubling every time I view it, and it means that this video has meant enough to you to share this with your friends and families. And for that, I'm grateful. Keep on passing it on, ok?

And I'm more amazed at the life stories you're sharing here on this blog. I know some of you here, but I'm floored by your journey and the life experiences you're walking through - both in the past and recently. And for that, I'm grateful to you. Your story not only impacts me, but I'm confident it will inspire, motivate and bring peace to at least one of the many thousands that have and will view this video. And for that, your experience and you will have mattered in the life of another. Thanks for being significant - U ROCK!

I invite you to continue sharing about what you're thankful, ok?

I thank you.

Sherman - Just wanted to tell you it was great meeting you at stomper last weekend. And, I wanted to tell you thanks for putting together such a precious video! You have no idea…I really needed to see that today, I just happened to click on the link and wow! I'm sending you this comment and I'm going to go cuddle with my kiddos because you really reminded me how much I have to be thankful for and that the work will be there later but they are only going to be this age now. You are a special guy and I look forward to seeing you again sometime.
Live with Passion, Purpose and Positive Pursuit (and thankfulness:) - Erica Rueschhoff

Erica, thanks for sharing your thankfulness. I appreciate you for making a choice to connect with your children amidst the whirlwind of work. You're a hero to them.

Chat ya soon!

Hi Sherman,

I am a subscriber of yours and appreciate the ethical and
thoroughly professional way you operate online.
This fantastic video makes me thankful for my beutiful wife and my incredible and wonderful 3 and 5 yearolds.

My learning curve online is still in it's infancy but one day in the future I hope to attend events in the US and shake your hand.

You connect with people in a very emotionally intelligent way and I kinda feel like I know you already.

All the best Sherman

Kind Regards

Paul