Week Fourteen: Thankful

In honor of Thanksgiving, this weeks post is what I am thankful for!
As I sit here pondering, of what I'm thankful for not much comes to mind.  Maybe cause I have a hard time believing that people actually care about me.  So how can I be thankful for something that doesn't care for me? 

But somehow I can be thankful for that. I'm thankful for the support I receive from my family and friends.  They don't need to be so supportive, but I appreciate it everyday.  I am also thankful for having shelter, water, and food.  Some people in this world don't have one or even all three of these key components to life, yet they are still thankful for the small things.  How nice would it be to be thankful for just the small things in life.  Its like you need to lose everything to realize the small things in life that you can be thankful for.  Like some children at Christmas whose parents are in jail, they are thankful to us that we give them gifts every year, however they are probably just thankful that their parents are still alive and coming home hopefully soon.  Children seem to be the ones that look at the small things and are thankful for those where adults want things to be thankful for like a good job and a house things like that.  I'm just thankful I have you, the reader, reading this blog and hopefully realizing that the small things are just as important as the big things in life, maybe even more important.  So be thankful for the trees, and the weather, and the sun, every piece of grass.  There's a song that goes a little something like this:

I thank God for this day, for the sun in the sky, for my mom and my dad, and my piece of apple pie, for the grass on the ground, for the love that's all around, that's why I thank God every day!

Every time I have a hard time being thankful for the small things I remember this song and it helps be put things in perspective as to what is most important.  the trees, sun, family, and even a piece of pie.  God does marvelous things and we have much to be thankful for.  So as I continue to write this I think of more and more things I am thankful for.

I'm thankful for my family and friends.  My Goddaughter, My cats, for everyone that has made a difference in my life and changed my life in any way, mostly I'm thankful to just be alive.  I have never been thankful to just be alive before now and it feels good to be alive enjoying the wonderful weather even though its raining, and just enjoying other peoples company.  I am thankful for everyone who makes a difference in the lives of others.

So if your wondering what to be thankful for this year, I suggest you be thankful for all the small things in your life, even if that means just being thankful you have blankets at night, anything.  There is much to be thankful for, you just need to open your eyes and notice it.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!