Thank you. Thankfulness. Thanksgiving. Thanks. All are versions of the action, “to thank”. I’ve been toying with some topics to blog about and for some reason {coincidental or not} they all center around thankfulness. And being that it’s Thanksgiving week, well the timing just seemed right.
Last year I blogged about what I’m thankful for and how I’ve spent Thanksgivings over the past several years with families not my own. Well, this year will be the first year since 2006 that I will celebrate Thanksgiving with my family! It’s a rare treat and we are definitely doing it up right — complete with all the trimmings! But as the holiday season appears to have already started {Christmas decorations started going up the day after Halloween!}, I can’t help but be incredibly thankful for all the blessings in my life. But every year it’s pretty much the same. I’m thankful for my health, my family and all of the opportunities I have been afforded. But this year it seems especially poignant given the fact that I was in the middle of the ocean less than three months ago and I am now currently unemployed. I am strikingly aware of how truly blessed I am and realize that in a given moment everything could rapidly disappear. So, this year I give thanks. I give thanks for an amazing web of family, friends and extraordinary people around the world. I give thanks for their love and continued support as I continue this transition period in my life. I give thanks that I have a roof over my head wherever I go and I give thanks that my body and mind continue to lead me through life in all of my endeavours.
So as this holiday season commences, give thanks for the tiny and large blessings in your life. But as we reflect, may we remember those who cannot be with family, those who are not strong in health and those who’ve had an unfortunate run of bad luck this year. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
