WHY SO PISSY?

Switch to the news channel 

and chances are 

you will see folks 

protesting something.

Switch it again, 

and odds are 

you will see a new protest.

They obviously have more FREE TIME 

and fewer BILLS than I have!

The chronic complainer 

falls into a perpetual cycle 

of finding fault, 

feeling negative, 

unable to face the next situation 

with an open mind. 

Eventually, 

the capacity for feeling joy 

is compromised. 

  

Which brings me to Thanksgiving 

here in America.

For one day out of the year, 

we live with gratitude. 

 We live with 

a sense of appreciation 

for the people who have supported us.

 We live with a deep appreciation 

for what health we have.

We live with appreciation

 for everything that we have,

and maybe even for the hardships

 that have strengthened us

  mentally, emotionally and physically.

Then the very next day, 

life takes over 

and we no longer 

feel the same way. 

Our problems 

no longer seem like blessings 

but rather burdens;

those who have hurt us 

are no longer forgiven; 

The things that we lack 

 significantly overshadow

 the things that we were grateful for

 just one single day ago. 

 OR

  We can realize

every moment of life 

had more meaning 

than we recognized at the time.

 When we're alone, 

we begin to see that 

it wasn't just 

watching sunsets together,

 or just worrying over bills.

 It was everything, 

it was the why of life,

 every event and 

precious moment of it. 

The answer to the

mystery of existence 

is the love we shared 

sometimes imperfectly.

Then we're driven to our knees

not by the weight of the loss 

but by the gratitude 

for what preceded the loss. 

The ache is always there, 

but one day not the emptiness, 

because to nurture the emptiness, 

to take solace in it,

 is to disrespect the gift of life.

HAPPIEST OF THANKSGIVINGS!