The Laid Back Guide to the Essence of Living

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Everyday Thanksgiving.


It's Thanksgiving, what I've always seen as America's gunshot start to the holidays marathon, but before all of the seasonal shuffling gather your family and friends around the table, large or small.  Count your blessings and pray.  Don't pray for things you want for your life because today is about being grateful for what it is that you already have.

This gratitude should stretch to all the things that make your life what it is.  Be grateful for the air you breathe, the light of the sun, and the roof over your head.  Be grateful for your heart, your liver, for your kidneys.  Be thankful that you are living.

Rejoice that you are in the company of loved ones, and if you are not then call them.  If you know someone who's alone don't let them be.  No one is truly alone in this world.  Everyone has much to be thankful for and you should make everyday a thanksgiving day.

I feel so much gratitude that my cup as run over with love for my own life.  It's true, I am in love with my life.  I'm passionately dedicated to it, awake to it, and so grateful for it.  You should feel the same about your own life.  Take not a single moment for granted, because that moment is passing and you can't get it back.

As you sit down to eat, before taking that first bite, look around you in all that you are apart of, the beauty of our lives is everywhere.  Be grateful.