This is not about Thanksgiving although it is less than two weeks away. This has nothing to do with table grace although if you are reading this at a meal I hope you have already said thank you. ( But please read last Tuesday's blog and put down the phone)
No, this is all about what we have been given. I have been extremely fortunate over the last 10 days to vacation with my wife on Maui. This is said not to boast but to make a point.
There are millions of people, perhaps more accurately, billions of people on the planet who will never get too experience what I have during the last ten days. Millions don't even know where their next meal is coming from and millions are trying to survive on less than two dollars a day.
Yet I come to a vacation destination and read on line about people complaining about the pool, less than impeccable service and an assundry other complaints which in the grand scheme of things amount to nothing more than pettiness. Especially when consideration is given to the challenges in the world (most recently France ) and the blessings some of us have been given, the least of which is 10 days on Maui.
I gave thanks on the beach as the sun rose the morning after my wife and I arrived. And I gave thanks as it set Monday afternoon the day before we headed home. And I have often found myself giving thanks for home because at least I have one.
Remember to be thankful for what you have and thanks for reading this.
Be well
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