It's Thanksgiving! I like Thanksgiving a lot. It's the one holiday dedicated to just being grateful for what we've got and I think that being grateful is very important.
It's easy for us to forget how lucky we are, most of us are warm and well fed with socks and shoes for our feet and warm coats for when we go out. But there are people out there who don't have those things, little kids who want socks for Christmas because they don't have any, and parents asking for blankets so their children will stay warm at night. It makes my problems look small. I'm really very lucky but sometimes, when I'm in the midst of my day, problems seem so large and so unsolvable. But they're not. To have a day to just look around and appreciate family and friends and say thanks warms my insides more than any cup of hot cocoa ever will.
I wish I could do more for the needy of the world and maybe someday I will but for now I'll do the little bit that I can and be thankful for the rich life that I lead. A life that's rich because of the people in it.
