Thanksgiving is just tomorrow and i havent really thought about it or if im looking forward to it or not? I dont know why, every year is the same with my moms side of my family. I havent really seen any of my family since last Christmas so I am excited to see all of them. Its always nice to spend time with your family especially your grandparents. I always think about going to go see them and spending time with them but ofcourse my social life and just pure laziness always gets in the way. Thats ofcourse because I let it. As I'm getting older I'am more aware of who and what Im grateful for. Every year I see myself getting older and finding out more and more new things about myself. When I was younger it was mostly just about myself and what I needed and wanted. Now I find myself thinking about others before myself. I'am grateful for so many things in my life. Just the little things like my mom telling me she loves me before she drops me off at school. Or, in the mornings when she wakes me up and lays next to me for 5 minutes. Not everyone has a mom that is there for them and as I'm getting older I see how much I am grateful for her. I'm grateful for the sunshine. Waking up in the morning and seeing the sun shining through my window. Yes, its very cold out there but atleast we have the sun to put a smile on our face. Life is just filled with so many gifts and surprises that something new each day I become more and more gratful for. As time goes by, I find myself losing things that I was once grateful for and now I cant even be the same way because its gone. You know everyone knows the old saying "You never know what you lost until its gone" and I think thats falls into the category. We as people, as human beings take things for granite every single day, we do it with us not even noticing it. When we lost someone or somthing unexpectedly it feels for awhile there then we have lost everything even though we havent but, its feels like we have. I think when that happens to someone it really shows you how to appreciate things more and be grateful for what you do have and not envy what you dont have. Its hard to lose somthing you once had but, I think it all makes us a stronger person and teaches us how to learn and grow and most of all to appreciate and be grateful for YOUR life.
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You are so reflective about the changes in your life and how you perceive those events. I applaud you for noting what we daily fail to acknowledge-- right down to the sunshine. Your Mom sounds like a sweet lady:)
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