Thanksgiving

So this past Thursday was Thanksgiving. Just wanted to say Happy Turkey day to those people who are enjoying it. It's interesting to think that it's a holiday where family and friends get together and think of things we are thankful for. There is a lot of power of taking a second or even a day to consider what we are thankful for. This was something I didn't do on Thursday. I sat at home watching TV all day with Lucy. (no this is not where I want pity or people to feel sorry for me. I have come to accept that fact of being alone on the holiday) But back to thinking about thanks. If we don't forget to be thankful for things, it allows things for us to believe creep in. Things like feeling alone, but it's nothing but lies.

Maybe Thanksgiving is a chance to know what is the truth and say it aloud. In a world that is filled with lies, maybe we need this day. Being thankful reminds us that our story isn't done with yet. There are things out there worth fighting for and living for EaCh AnD e v e r y day. Beauty is always around us and love is always happening.

I was asked to consider these questions for a few seconds....
What do you have to be thankful for?
Who do you love?
Who loves you?
Who needs you?
What are your dreams?
What's worth fighting for?
What's worth running after?

Consider the air in your lungs. It will be gone one day, and these chapters will close. If i had to guess, i would say you're early in your story. There is still a lot of time for hope to happen, for change to find you, for love and beauty and truth and songs you haven't even heard yet.

Take a moment tonight and remember the best of your story. And if it feels like there's too many ugly pages, then please know that you are free to be honest, that you were meant to be honest, that we all need that - we need people and places where we can say those things, where we can begin to understand, where we can begin to let go... It's okay to be honest.

I've been obsessed with The Fray's new single "You Found Me" for the last week, playing it for everyone, making them listen. i think it's the honesty... The song is basically a conversation with God, the things you're not supposed to say:

Guy runs into God and asks Him where the heck He's been.

God says "Ask anything."

He asks "Where were you when everything was falling apart?"

i am full-blown in love with the bridge. All i know is that it's been moving some things around in me. He sings this with urgency:
"Early morning, the city breaks, I've been calling for years and years and years and years and you never left me no messages, you never sent me no letters. You've got some kind of nerve..."

This week i was reminded that i am thankful for the fact that it's okay to be honest, that maybe change starts there.

To answer those questions.
What do you have to be thankful for?

I'm thankful for everyday that I wake up. I am thankful for every single member of my family. For the life I am able to live. I'm thankful for my dogs Sally and Lucy. I'm thankful for my friends who have become family. I'm thankful for the good times and even the bad times. Because without those bad times I wouldn't know or be able to appreciate the good. I'm thankful for everything I've had and will experience in my life.

Who do you love?

I love my mom, my dad, my two little brothers, God, my dogs, my friends, my family, people I barely know, or haven't even met yet.

Who loves you?

My family friends and dogs, as well as some people who I have never even met yet. Of course the big guys upstairs.

Who needs you?

My family friends and Lucy and probably many more

What are your dreams?

To help make a difference in this world, no matter how big or how small. I want my life to mean something when I'm done with it all.

What's worth fighting for?

Family Friends Life Love Happiness and Health

What's worth running after?

Everything

So let me ask you this....
What do you have to be thankful for?
Who do you love?
Who loves you?
Who needs you?
What are your dreams?
What's worth fighting for?
What's worth running after?