Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving and time again to be forced to voice what you're grateful for before dinner can start. Well, thankfully, I'm away in Canada where they've already celebrated Thanksgiving in October.
In all seriousness though, the blessings of my life are astounding once I stop to reflect. The usual thank God for my family, my job, my health. The little things that plague us day to day pale in comparison to the big picture when we remember to step back to look. Cliche as it all sounds it nevertheless bears repeating.I thank you God...for everything...which is Yes.This year, a few years after college and now having had some time to reflect on what I am and where I'm going (like looking into a muddy puddle, but I'm trying) I just want to take this time to say: I'm thankful for all the people who has touched my life. Some of you know who you are, many others probably don't. Still others may not even remember who I am. But I am grateful to every one of you who have reached out, even if to you it was the slightest of ways, and wish you knew what that has meant. And I'm thankful for the moment in time we are in. Sure, things are dire with the economy shot to hell and what with global climate change on track to make life on earth difficult. But this also presents an incredible opportunity for this generation to rise up and face the challenge. We can be part of the generation that literally saves the world. This is not a movie. This is not a story that builds and climaxes and denouements in 90 minutes. But this is a test of will, ingenuity, organization, and collaboration and, if done right, this can end with the triumph of the human spirit. Now that is a story you can tell your grandchildren. So, we're almost to the end of another year. I look forward to change and more of the same. To discoveries and progress. To laughter and spirit. To all the things that will make us stronger when we come out of it. And to add to the list of things I'm thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
