"The Bottom Line"

Thanksgiving and Christmas, you can’t have one without the other. They are synonymous with one thing, the realization of what one really has to be grateful for, and I speak of from which all blessings flow. That could be from one single spiritual entity or from many, from others folks, from your own doing, or all of the aforementioned. I will leave that up to you as to how you wish to perceive. I can only speak of and from my own perspective.

I have been having difficulties with my faith the last few weeks, months, years. As time has gone by my gratefulness has been overshadowed by my own lack of gratitude. This revelation doesn’t really change how I feel in general. It just doesn’t. This ongoing uncertainty has been going on way too long. But even though situations may not change for the better as we hope for, we should always leave room for what really matters. Surprising to me is that I still have room for just that.

The people closest to me right now, my family, we all have a roof over our heads, we all have a bed to sleep in, and we all have food in the cabinets or pantries. Yeah, a Christmas of any size would be so wonderful but life can be that way at times. I have other family and a few very close friends. I am grateful that they can have a Christmas that they can enjoy and remember for years to come. Each one has made my Christmas just exactly that and I am grateful for each one, very much. That is the bottom line!