Friday, November 25, 2011

The day AFTER Thanksgiving Day

This is the day AFTER Thanksgiving. Of course I ate too much, reminisced about the past, missed people no longer with us, cried a few tears in their memory, joyed at the prospect of new tomorrows, smiled at the constant changes that happen in our lives, and listened, talked and laughed.

All day yesterday I was thinking about what the day really means, listening to people and what they give thanks for out loud. It was really the simplest of things that were mentioned again and again and seemed the most important. Good health, friends, family, enough food to eat, a roof over their heads, a job, a sense of humor, faith, laughter. And almost everyone finished their thoughts with . . . "I am really so blessed already".

I have to agree. But I want to add something else. I am so very thankful to see that HOPE stills lives on and that UNCONDITIONAL LOVE somehow prevails and is strong enough to make everything better.
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8 comments:

  1. SouthhamsdarlingNovember 25, 2011 at 4:23 AM

    What a lovely post, and I so agree with everyone's list of thanks and blessings. Good health especially because, without that, all the money in the world isn't any good to you. Hope is such a good word. I almost like it as much as Kindness! We must all have hope for a better world and when things are going wrong, remember - "and this too shall pass."

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  2. Mary Stebbins TaittNovember 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    Happy belated Thanksgiving! XOXOX to you and yours!!!!!

    I am grateful for family, friends, life, health.

    Nice post. :-D XOX

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  3. Mary Stebbins TaittNovember 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    I usually make a list of things I am grateful for on Thanksgiving, but I didn't do it yesterday--we were too busy (playing with grandchildren, cooking, eating, hugging. Is till hope to do it.

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  4. BBNovember 25, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    I don't need a special day to be thankful for all the good people who've come into my life this past year. I'm so grateful. Loved this post.

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  5. Beth NiquetteDecember 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    How very lovely. Your words fill my heart. Thank you. Our world needs hopeful people.

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  6. ShanelDecember 7, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    This comment is so very late but wanted to say that I love this post....

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  7. Geoff MaritzDecember 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    I may be late with this comment but would just like to say there is much to give thanks for. In South Africa we don't have a specific thanksgiving day the way you do in the States but we should. We have enough other holidays so why not one in which we give thanks to God for all He has done for us.
    Hmm, food for thought.
    God bless, Geoff.

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  8. Geoff MaritzDecember 25, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Oh! by the way, merry Christmas from Cape Town South Africa.

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