Went to mass this morning for Thanksgiving and was very glad I did. Our pastor started his sermon with a reminder that the FIRST THANKSGIVING was celebrated by the pilgrims . . . who had lost three quarters of their people in that first year after arriving in America. The pilgrims came here for religious freedom and suffered terribly from the moment they left England. People died terrible deaths and yet when the year was over the remaining pilgrims took time to GIVE THANKS!
Makes you stop and think a bit. So you don't have a job right now . . . Do you have a family who loves you? Do you have your health? Do you have clothes to wear? DO YOU LIVE IN AMERICA?
I know these are tough times and, believe me, I am more than blessed in all I have, but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't stop to say "THANK YOU GOD!" for everything I have.
I know it isn't easy to say, "Thank You" when you are down but no matter how far down you get there is always something to be thankful for. STOP looking at the "Poor me, I don't haves" and start searching for what you DO have. It may not be easy to find something but keep looking and then work up from there. If you're not 6 feet under with worms crawling through you then you've got something to say Thank you for. No more pissing and moaning folks . . . it's THANKS GIVING TIME !
AMEN!
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