Things to Be Thankful For

Being born in America, where so many privileges are automatically there for us when we are born, makes it very easy for us to take them for granted. It’s not until we’re actually made to slow down, and sit down, to take inventory of those things that we realize how our quality of life would deteriorate without them.

To our ancestors who came before us, who cut the forests, planted the fields, built the cities, and fought the wars that established the laws which we still expand on today, I am thankful. For the mistakes our forefathers made and we know not to repeat again, I am thankful. For the ability to receive an education, be literate, to have the choice to be whom and what we want to be, I am thankful. Each and every one of us can be part of a family or community of some kind, be it a biological family, adoptive family, church family, or another like minded group of people who build community together, I am thankful. For the air that we breathe, the food we eat, and the clothes we can wear upon our backs, I am thankful. For the variety of good jobs we can choose from, to the cars that we can drive, the fuel to put in them, and the freedom to move across this great land at any time we choose, I am thankful. For every morning that I wake up to see another day, am in good health, and that I can love, care for, help, and encourage others in some way, I am thankful. I’m even thankful for the mistakes I have made and those I will make, because I learn from them. For everything, I am thankful.

Not only at this particular celebration of Thanksgiving should we be thankful, but every other day of our lives as well. In the hustle and bustle of everyday American life we tend to forget just how good we have it compared to other people throughout the world. Good times leave us with the strength to make it through the bad, and without bad times we wouldn’t know how good the good  really are. Every day is Thanksgiving! God Bless You All! God Bless America!