Give Thanks!

I really can't complain, everything is kosher
Two thumbs up, Ebert and Roeper.
-Drake, “Over”

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Thanksgiving is the time when we gather with loved ones and reflect on all that we have to be thankful for. I’m thankful for my family and friends who are my foundation, I’m thankful for life, health and prosperity. There are so many other places I could be right now, so many other things I could be doing right but because of God’s blessings I’m here “Living the Good Life.”

As I sat down and reflected on my life and my blessings I was thinking just how crazy my family is. I love them to death, but these people I share DNA with don’t have them all. I often wonder if we’re really related, if I’m adopted, is this really the family God put me in. Then I look at the pictures and I see the resemblance, I hear them talk and I hear my words, I hear them laugh and I hear my laugh, I look at them and I see we’re a family. Thinking about that made me realize how much Thanksgiving would suck without them. Yeah, we bring grief to each other from time to time but I wouldn’t trade them in for ANYTHING in the world and I’m sure they feel the same way about me (I hope).

Certainly there are a lot of things to gripe and complain about from the economy, the lost of loved ones, to the current political scene. Yet with all that’s wrong in the world be thankful for what’s right in it. In a perfect world, we’d all have a house, a nice car, have our bills paid and money in our pockets. In a perfect world, our kids would be well behaved, that relative that’s always in jail would be home for the holidays for once and the Heat, Dolphins and Hurricanes wouldn’t hurt me so much. But this world isn’t perfect and never will be. As a result, we are forced to deal with the imperfections of life the best we can and find a way to smile and laugh as much as humanly possible. If we focus too much on what’s wrong we’ll miss what’s right and life will pass us by as we sit and wallow in our state of despair.

I challenge you to count your blessings and if after counting you still feel like your number is coming up short, go take a look at any homeless shelter, any orphanage, or the downtown area of any major city and see if your number of blessings doesn’t grow. I’d like to wish a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Stay Up and Stay Blessed!