So today is Thanksgiving and I would like to say Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Why am I posting to my blog on Thanksgiving; because I have to go to work this morning. But I am not discouraged at all. I am very thankful. This time last year I was working a job that I just didn't like at all. I had to be out in the cold the entire time that I worked. The year before that, I didn't even have a job. I was sleeping on the sofa in my aunt and uncles house. I am 6'3" and the sofa was 6'0". That was 2008. I woke up that year crying uncontrollably. To this day, I can't tell you why I was crying but I think it was because of the situation that I was in. I was so use to taking care of myself and depending on no one but me that I couldn't handle depending on others to take care of me. I never told a soul until now. Most people would probably be ashamed to tell this about themselves, but I'm not. I am never ashamed about anything that God has brought me through. I think it would be less of me not to tell because it may just help someone get through it just as I did.
Now one thing I can tell you about that sofa I slept on is that it was comfortable. How can a sofa that was not equipped to withstand someone of my height be comfortable? I think the reason why that sofa was so comfortable was because my aunt and uncle offered it to me with love. Any time you put love on anything that makes it just that much better. I never had back pains and they never complained about me sleeping on it.
This is what Thanksgiving is about to me. It's about family and friends doing for each other just because. Coming together to forget about the pains, the problems and the lies. Forget about the hard times, layoffs, and financial situations. Forget about the bad relationships, bad marriages, and lost loved ones. This time is all about remembering the good in life. The laughter that Uncle Willie brings every time he comes around during the holidays (everybody has an Uncle Willie, everybody!).
Today, I am thankful for my family and they know it. I am thankful just to have them in my life. Even the ones that I don't see often and the ones that can't even talk. I thank God every day for these people and also for the people that are not a part of my family-my friends.
So today, take a load off and just relax with the ones you love. Let all of the anger and issues go for today. Let love take over your heart and kindness over your soul. Give thanks for just being able to be around family that really love you for nothing more than you being you.
"There is something that you can always give no matter how broke you are-a hug, a smile, and love"-K.J Swint
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