THANKFUL

The irony is...

When I used to have more, 

I was afraid I would never have enough.

Now that I have less,

I am thankful for the amazing blessings I have.

Funny how life works that way.

I am reminded that one of the greatest blessings in life

is that with pain

we learn to appreciate joy.

With loss,

we learn to love what is here.

With mistakes,

we learn the blessing of second chances.

When we feel most alone,

we learn to trust our Spirit.

I used to look at the world with great sadness for the

turmoil, hate and greed

that seems as if it is everywhere.

It never made sense to me that a loving God 

would allow cancer, death, financial hardship,

genocide...

But now I see that without the tragedies

of our world,

we wouldn't appreciate the beauty.

Without sadness and grief, we wouldn't appreciate

happiness and love.

As we gather with our families this week,

undoubtedly there will be resentments,

annoyances, hurt feelings and

old roles that we play.

But, remember,

because of that, we will appreciate more, the

laughter, the hugs, the heart-to-hearts

and the sweetness of being together

as family.

Happy Thanksgiving all...be grateful.