We are called to say thanks for our bounty on this special day
but…
Should we not wake up every day and be thankful for
all we have, whether a lot or a little? (in
our minds our lot is usually not enough, anyway). At a very early age, I
remember that my grandfather used to tell me a little story which we all know
in one version or another…
“There
was this man who always complained because his shoes were a little old and
tight and he had no money to buy new shoes … then one day he saw a man who had
no legs, and understood that small issues were just that: insignificant”.
We tend to make a regular pastime of complaining. Sort
of a national game; about the weather, the time, the clothes, the car being
older, the cost of living, la tia (auntie) Cachita who came and didn’t leave…. You
name it, we complain.
Turn it around … make a daily game of saying thanks
for what you do have. Take stock of your life and the bounty will be far more
than you think. Start by the fact that you are alive, that you have one more
day to enjoy … one more opportunity to right some wrongs in your life… Do it!!!
Don’t waste the moment, for we do not know when or how the clock will stop.
Learn to say I Love you… Stop dreaming and use this
dream as your base to start a new reality; do those things which are important
to you and to those around you. Stop complaining and start lauding; let those
who do right know they are good people; tell someone he or she is doing great… and
they will…
Life is a beautiful gift; it would be a shame to
spend it keying in on the negative issues rather than the positive ones. Make
it your way of life to say THANK YOU, every day, a few times a day… good things
will come from your good attitude; then, looking at the better side of life
will become a habit. You and those around you will be the better for it.
Happy Thanksgiving … Today, and every day of your life!!!
Final Notes:
- Pray for those who are fighting an illness which
may take them away from their loved ones… Every request is heard, and
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