The Thankful Season
It is that time of year when we reflect on all the things that we choose to ignore for the rest of the year...the things that we are thankful for. The rest of the year is spent on complaints and poor me's but for one month we look at all we have, and for once (even if it's fleeting), we are content. It would be much more productive to remember this everyday of the year, however this is not easy to do. It is easier to want more, complain more, be more dissatisfied....after all we are the society of more. I for one do not need more, well maybe more sleep, but otherwise I am beyond content with what I have. Every year Facebook is the forum for so many to play the Thankful game, where the participants choose one thing to remember to be thankful for until Thanksgiving day. Last year I participated to what ended up in disastrous events and the loss of a 20 year plus friendship (that was the beginning of the end, not the sole reason for it). I realized that it meant...