For me Thanksgiving is Christmas without the gifts. Which is to say I'm not stressing out right now that the shirt I got dad will fit, or that the toy I bought my 4 year old niece is cool enough to hold her attention for longer than 5 minutes (it rarely does).
Nope, I'm just preparing for the most traditional Thanksgiving dinner on the planet at my mother's house, and looking forward to catching up with the many friends and family who will inevitably drop by.
We'll talk, debate, groan about the Seattle Seahawks, laugh, drink, and by and large just enjoy being in one another's company for at least a day.
I hope that you all are doing the same, taking just one day to appreciate everyone who is special in your life. Hug your mother, high five your kids, call your grandma, say hello to an old friend, and enjoy your day.
Also I want to say thanks to all the readers of this blog, to the new friends I've made, and to all the guest posters who have supported us, I sincerely THANK YOU!
If anyone out there doesn't think they have something to be thankful for...read on.
You're Luckier Than You Think
- The fact you are reading this over the Internet:
- Means you are luckier than 78% of the world who doesn't have access to or use the Internet
- If you can read this
- You are luckier than the 1,000,000,000 people in the world who are illiterate
- If you'll be eating dinner this evening
- You are luckier than 32.6 million households in the USA who are considered "Food Insecure", meaning they continually have less food than they need, and lack financial resources to get that food.
- If you have the day off from work
- You are luckier than 10.1 million Americans who are currently unemployed
- If you will sleep in a bed tonight
- You are luckier than the 750,000+ people in the United States who are homeless
- If you make the federal minimum wage of $6.55/hr
- You are in the top 12% of richest people in the WORLD. Said another way, you are RICHER than 88% of the world!
- If you live on more than $2.50/day
- You are luckier than over 3 billion people worldwide who make due with less
- If you can give your children a glass of water
- You are luckier than the parents of the nearly 400 million children who do not have access to safe drinking water
- If you have an adequate home
- You are luckier than 80% of the world who live in substandard housing
- If you can attend church without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death
- You are luckier than nearly 3 billion people without such freedom
- If you are "more healthy" than not
- You are luckier than the 600,000+ people who will not survive the week.
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Wow, these point about being thankful really make you think! I think the point is we all have so much to be thankful for but we may sometimes take these things for granted. Thanks for reminding us.
I thank God for giving me what I have today and I’m certainly luckier than those the less privilege. Happy thanksgiving to everyone too.
It doesn’t matter if you’re celebrating or not, what’s important is we learn to appreciate and be thankful of what we already have.
Yan
Very nice post buddy and it reminds us of what’s really important in life. Sometimes we don’t take the time to fully appreciate what we have even if we have A LOT more than most people.
Nice one!