Thanks?

Thank you. Two of the easiest words anyone could say, and yet they can make such a huge impact. It's funny how people only say those words in certain situations. I was eating out at a restaurant the other day and kept thanking the waitress when she brought my drink and food and whatnot. Every time she just kind of looked at me strange, like I wasn't supposed to be thanking her. After working for so long in the food industry, I love thanking people that don't often get the thanks they deserve. Most people just assume that is what they are getting paid for. Anyways... that was my little tangent. Thanksgiving is a good time to reflect on the things we should be thankful for on an every day basis. I love how Paul puts it:

"I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am." Phillipians 4:11-13

Sometimes it's hard to think that I have anything to be thankful for, but I know I always have way more than I even realize. I'm healthy. I have a wonderful family, great friends, and an amazing husband, all who love me so much! And my needs are always met. I might not have all the money in the world to do exciting things, but I have a car to take me to the Fresh Market so that I can walk around and look at all the things I'd like to buy. And that was just as much fun, if not more fun, than actually buying anything.

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."
- Buddha