Things I'm Thankful For

Well, it's that time of year where you should count your blessings. So, reckon I'll do one of those blogs where you list some of them out. In no particular order, here we go:

• God (couldn't be here without His love for us)
• Jesus (loves us so much He died for our sins and then rose from the grave so that we can have eternal life)
• Family (even the crazy ones)
• Friends (especially the crazy ones)
• Veterans (wouldn't be where we are without you)
• The Constitution (one of the few government documents in all of history that preserves more freedoms than it denies; only 1-2 pages long, too; imagine that)
• Our government (yes, both sides of the aisle; a job which you will probably make half of your constituency mad most of the time you open your mouth)
• The Internet (have caught up with some old friends and made a few new ones thanks to this)
• My job (something I take for granted way too often)
• My house (ditto)
• Food and clothing (ditto again)
• Living in a country where all of this is possible (thanks again, Veterans)

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving this year. Even if things ain't exactly going your way, there's still lots to be thankful for. Just remember God loves you and so do I (well, the former is WAY better than the latter). Please pray for our military serving away from their families, whether it be here or overseas.

May God bless you, your family, our veterans, and the United States of America!

A Little Pink to Make You Think

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking;
Racing around to come up behind you again;
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older;
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time;
Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines;
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way;
The time has come, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say.

Time
(David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright)
Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Pink Floyd


Life is short. The easiest thing to do in life is to put something off thinking you have plenty of time to do it. There's nothing worse than realizing you didn't. The older you get, the more you realize the things you hadn't done that you wish you did. You also think about the people you wished you'd kept up with over the years.

I encourage you to reach out to someone you haven't talked to in a while and/or do something you have always wanted to but keep putting off for one reason or another. It'll make you feel better and might make someone else's day, too.

Have a great day!