I’m not a big into celebrating holidays.  I don’t have anything against them; I just don’t get really excited.  But holidays can serve an important function.  They help us remember the significance of events, and serve as a way to remind us of where we’ve come from.  In that spirit I’ve decided to do something a bit differently here at R3 for Thanksgiving.  I want to actually take time to think about the things I’m thankful for instead of looking at it as a big dinner with some football on the side. 

There’s no question this year has been hard on many of us economically.  But we still live in the most blessed country in the history of the world.  We also live in a day and age where most of our needs are met.  When we get hungry we don’t have to go hunt and kill our food, or pick some berries.  We just drive up to McDonald’s roll down our window and in less than 5 minutes we’re clogging our arteries. 

It’s easy to forget just how much we have. 

So that’s why, for the next few days I want to focus on things to be thankful for.  Such as…

• being alive
• having friends for both the good and bad times
• Sour Patch Kids
• a heated apartment
• cell phones
• thanksgiving with my family
• a home cooked meal!  (no microwavable burritos here!)

(ed note:  This was supposed to post yesterday.  Does it make a difference that it went up a day late?  Only in my obsessive, compulsive mind I suppose!  Maybe I should be more thankful for my memory!)