So What's To Be Thankful For?

    No doubt many Americans,  today will gather with family and friends and have a big Thanksgiving dinner. This meal will no doubt have all of the traditional offerings that make up the standard Thanksgiving dinner including but not necessarily limited to turkey, dressing or some type of designated stuffing, green bean casserole, cram berry sauce hot rolls, sweet potatoes with marsh mellows for added flavor, and of course pumpkin pie for dessert.When Americans set down and have there fill of such marvelous abundance it will be hard to know who got stuffed more  the turkey, or those who sat down to stuff themselves.
    It never falls though, on a day like  Thanksgiving,  there are always those who will say, I have too many bills to pay and I don't have much money. I don't live near family and I don't have many friends,  so what's to be thankful for? For those who may fell that way let's see if I can think of at least five things anyone living in this country can appreciate and be thankful for. I will attempt to do this by asking a series of questions, and hopefully when I'm finished,  anyone who may read these words will have at lest one thing to be thankful for. Let's begin, question one, did you wake up this morning? You did? Congratulations, you have something to be thankful for if only because, there is always a chance you won't in fact, thousands of people all over the world went to sleep last night and didn't wake up this morning for various reasons that range from death due to natural causes, such as old age or other factors like death from war, hunger or disease. From a Christian,  perspective, the truth is, if God,  let you wake up today that was a blessing for you each breath we all take is a gift from God, and tomorrow or even your next breath is promised to no one so if God, decided to let you live another day to make a difference in the lives of those around you be thankful to God,  he let you live another day.
    Question two, are you in reasonably good health? You are? Once again, congratulations, for that in and of itself is another blessing from God, If you need proof of that visit a local hospital, nursing home, or talk to some veterans,  who fought in Afghanistan or Iraq in the last several years and left an arm a leg or an eye over there or came home in a pine box. If you have all you members and can still use them and you are able to do all the things you need to do be thankful to God,  for your  good health. Question three, did you sleep in a perhaps modest but warm house last night? You did? I must say congratulations, again because all over the world, there are those who did not and that includes this country. Have you been to New York or New Jersey lately, enough said. Question four will you eat today? You will? That is another blessing from God and even if you don't have access to a traditional thanksgiving  dinner,  there are churches you could go to that will have one in fact, if you have no food because your not working you still have access to unemployment benefits from the government as well as food stamps and many churches have food pantries for those in immediate need. Keep in mind, third world countries do not have such resources and as a result, hunger,  is rampant.Question five, be honest, is there really another country on earth you'd rather live in other than America? I didn't think so, because Americans, enjoy freedoms and opportunities that other countries can only dream about. I know I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Finally, remember this, even if the grass, is greener, on the other side of your neighbor's fence where you live remember your neighbor's water bill is probably higher than yours! As always, my friends, these thoughts remain, just some words, to think on.