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Thanksliving 2019
It’s Thanksgiving Eve and I have a few details to attend to before we enjoy an extended holiday weekend.
Done (mostly)
I’ve been burning the midnight oil in order to get A Misfit Christmas done on schedule and I have actually (mostly) succeeded. The main text of the story is complete. I have some elements of wrapping up the tale to finish tonight and I need to put the introductory post on Christmas All The Time so it can drip out tomorrow morning.
If I get the time, I’ll do the whole weekend’s worth but there are graphics and formatting involved. I need to do tomorrow’s and Friday’s for certain.
I have some other chores to attend to but the big drive was to finish up the story so it can start dripping daily throughout the holidays.
Over the River and Through the Woods
🦃 Over the River and through the Wood 🥧
🥧 Mormon Tabernacle Choir 🦃
Thanksgiving dinner is at the In-Laws’ as usual. We’ll all bunch up in the very heavy minivan and head on over for eats and treats.
Gratitude, Joy & Blessings
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. ~William Arthur Ward
It’s been said that when your heart is ruled by envy, the attitude of “I am blessed” gets replaced with the attitude of “I deserve.”
That’s a perfectly valid observation, but I think it’s incomplete. The attitude of “I deserve” isn’t always about envy. Often, it’s simply a lack of maturity. Little kids are used to being provided for. When something catches their eye, they not only want it but frequently ramp that up to believing that they deserve it. Some people never grow out of that.
Mostly, it’s because they aren’t taught to appreciate what’s given. They’re bribed by their caretakers to curtail misbehavior. Instead of learning to say thank you for what they’re given, they learn to take it for granted and become petulant when the giver starts slowing down on the shower of gifts they’ve become accustomed to receiving.
Gratitude is an easily overlooked virtue. It’s so easy to say Thank You as a knee jerk reaction to being given something. The words are said but not necessarily meant. Being truly thankful is clearly so rare that we have declared a specific day to remind people of its importance.
I’m as remiss as the next guy, unfortunately. I’ve been so mired in my pain and discomfort that I, all too frequently, neglect to be thankful for the healing I have already received. I’m also one for getting stuck inside my own head. I tend to block out the world in pursuit of a particular end and leave day to day interaction go by the wayside.
Shame on me. I need to try harder.
Only you know if you do, too. I hope you’ll give it some thought.
I’ve still got some details of the story and online formatting to hammer out, so I’m keeping this short. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!