Isn't it funny, and maybe it's just me, but every time I try to focus on the things I'm thankful for, so many things happen to go wrong?? Is it just because we are trying so hard to see the good that the bad rears up it's head and demands some attention? Is it the forever-present devil that is attempting to steal the light? Or is it just the opposition in life that shows us that the good wouldn't be so good if we didn't have the bad to compare it to?
I have tried this month, somewhat successfully, to think of one thing each day that I am thankful for. I'm totally thankful for my home, my family, my friends, hubby's work, food, clothing, the Gospel and so on. But sometimes I wonder if I really see the picture? I've never been without any of them so I feel quite pampered, but do I really appreciate them from the perspective of someone who doesn't have these things? And I sometimes wonder if I can be happy if I didn't have those things? I would hope so.
I thank my Heavenly Father for blessing me so richly; to live in a free country, to be able to worship the way I choose, to have nice things and enough money to be able to help others who are in need. I am grateful to have been brought up in a good, religious family and have been taught to be charitable and loving. I am grateful for my mother, for her attempts at teaching me how to cook and sew and keep a house, even though I was not very teachable at times. I am grateful for my health, that I can get out of bed in the mornings and keep myself busy through the day. I am especially grateful for my awesome husband and children, and that I can pass on what I have learned in life.
To all of you, I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving and that you can have so much to be thankful for too!
