"Thanksgiving"

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. The meaning is self-evident. It’s a day of thanksgiving for our many blessings, or gifts, over the past year. For many folks, it can be a day of mixed emotions, torn between being thankful or not, or what to be thankful for or not. I think if any one of us took the time to look back, we all can be torn between the two. But, as with other things in life, it’s all about perspective.

How far back in time do we go to count all of our blessings? Some blessings can be life changing events and can never be forgotten. Some are likened to steam from a tea kettle. Personally, I have been thinking about this certain holiday like I have never done before. There is only one question that comes to mind. What do I have to be thankful for?

I don’t even know where to begin in answering that question, except to say that Thanksgiving is all about family and friends, the interactions and connections we have with each other. I guess this is the root of what Thanksgiving is all about, the gratitude we have for others that have been brought into our lives. It’s not always about the tangible.