It seems trite to say that Thanksgiving is a day to reflect on our blessings—after all, isn’t that what the word thanksgiving implies? We are blessed and we are grateful—most of us to a Deity. And some of us are just—well, grateful.
I contemplated being thankful today. Even though, for at least part of the day, I was in my traditional holiday funk. This is something relatively new for me. It started when we moved so far away from our family, friends and all that was familiar. The holidays often leave me feeling rather adrift and lonely now.
This is not to say that we don’t celebrate holidays, we do. And this year, as in years past, we enjoyed a fabulous dinner with cherished friends—my husband’s childhood buddy and his wife.
It seems obvious, bordering on hackneyed, to say I’m thankful for friends, family, health, plenty, and so on. Aren’t we all?
So, here is my list of what I am blessed with on this day of celebration:
* Knowing that I am loved.
* Being able to love others.
* Knowing that I have people who care about me.
* Being able to reason.
* Having the ability to think about complex ideas.
* Being able to revel in the pleasure of reading.
* Having a career as a teacher because I think that intrinsically my work mattered.
* Having the determination to be writer.
* The ablilty to be kind to others.
* Having many people in my life.
* Being a mom, sister, daughter, wife and friend.
* Having you as a reader of this blog.
I hope your day of thanks was all you wanted it to be.
Beautiful “thank you” list. May you continue to be blessed with good health and good fortune.
Thanks, Marsha. That is my wish for you, too.
Very lovely thoughtful list of blessings. Some of these things I take for granted but they are indeed blessings. Thank you for the reminder.
I appreciate you as a reader of my blog and thank you for your comments. I hope that your holkidays are wonderful.
We are so blessed to have my daughters family with us for thanksgiving dinner. I was able to talk to my other daughter and share the day with her family on the phone. Then later in the day to be able to share with my son’s family on the phone too. I wish we all could have been together but distance and work keeps us apart. But I am thankful for the time when we can be together one way or another. Happy Thanksgiving! Lucy
Mario and I feel blessed in so many ways but especially for our love for each other, for our family and for the love we share with friends like you and Dan.
God bless you both.
Melanie