It is almost clichè to write a blog about Thanksgiving today. All too often I think that we take our day to day events for granted. How often do we truly pause to reflect on those things for which we should be thankful, even on a day such as today, which is set aside to give thanks? Thanksgiving Day has become, it seems, all about the turkey, an overabundance of food, football games and just another day off from work.
As I pause today to reflect on my blessings, I know there are many. I have a comfortable new home to go to each day, a loving and supporting group of friends. I haven't missed a meal lately-and if I did, it was of my own volition. I have money in the bank, clothes to wear, I have no major health problems. The list could go on and on.
Here's my confession: I am guilty of all too often taking my many blessings for granted. I know that in the blink of an eye, I could have an accident and everything could disappear. The unforeseen could happen. I could fall on hard times financially. Friends could foresake me. Those are realities that none of us truly wants to face. It is so much easier to take each day and its many blessings for granted.
My hope and prayer is that I be more thankful each day, not just on Thanksgiving Day. Life and its many precious blessings are too fragile to not live a life of gratitude. This is my prayer for you, my dear reader, for I am indeed thankful for the time you take to read my confessions. Happy Thanksgiving!
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I agree-it's never a bad thing to be reminded to REALLY Give Thanks, not just go through the motions. I am so incredibly fortunate to have a handful of really wonderful people in my life. Not barrels of them, no one has TONS if they really look closely...a handful of wonderful people who support me and like me and accept me for just who I am. They are what I'm most thankful for, I think. I can get by on so much by myself, but when the chips are down, who the hell wants to be alone in their misery? Not me. True Friends are Priceless. I give thanks for you.
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