We're less than a week from my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. It can be hard nowadays to find things to be thankful for, but they're there if you look, as this unknown author reminds us ...
I Am Thankful – A Poem of Thanksgiving
Author Unknown*
I am thankful:
For the wife
Who says it’s hot dogs tonight
Because she is home with me
And not out with someone else.
For the husband
Who is on the sofa
Being a couch potato
Because he is home with me
And not out at the bars.
For the teenager
Who is complaining about doing dishes
Because it means she is at home,
Not on the streets.
For the taxes I pay
Because it means
I am employed.
For the mess to clean after a party
Because it means I have
Been surrounded by friends.
For the clothes that fit a little too snug
Because it means
I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me work
Because it means
I am out in the sunshine.
For a lawn that needs mowing,
Windows that need cleaning,
And gutters that need fixing
Because it means that I have a home.
For all the complaining
I hear about the government
Because it means
We have freedom of speech.
For the parking spot
I find at the far end of the parking lot
Because it means
I am capable of walking,
And I have been blessed with transportation.
For my huge heating bill
Because it means
I am warm.
For the lady behind me in church
Who sings off key
Because it means I can hear.
For the pile of laundry and ironing
Because it means
I have clothes to wear.
For weariness and aching muscles
At the end of the day
Because it means I have been
Capable of working.
For the alarm that goes off
In the early morning hours
Because it means
I am alive.
What are the things for which you are thankful? You have a few days to contemplate them before that one day each year when you're reminded to be thankful for what you have ...
Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
* A version of this poem has been attributed on the Internet to Nancie J. Carmody, but there are numerous different versions, and I'm not sure who can actually claim authorship.
2 comments:
It's good to have a perspective check now and then. At a couple of low points in my life I have turned to a grateful list to help keep my head above water. It sounds cheesy until you try it and realize, yes, I still have things to be thankful for.
For the alarm that I don't set
For the early morning hours
Because it means
I am retired.
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