Really it's been thanksgiving a lot this year. I am thankful my cancer was caught, thankful it was curable, thankful for parents who dropped everything to take care of me, thankful for friends and family who supported me, thankful for the kindness of strangers, thankful I made it through chemo, thankful for having a medical team I trust, and so many other things. I know I should be thankful to be working, and I guess I am thankful the government isn't still shut-down, but I'm not holding my breathe for a functional Congress next year.
Of course I wish the dissertation was done and I didn't have to pay for another semester of school, but at least I'm still capable of finishing. Of course I have done almost no work on it since surgery, I'm afraid the writing muse has left the building. I'm hoping that by getting the blog updated the writing portion of the brain may feel some stimulation. Of course the stimulating of the synapses may be nullified by tryptophan and pumpkin pie.
It is unfortunate that we need a holiday, one that is becoming more and more co-opted by commercialism (yes if you shop on Thanksgiving you are part of the problem), to remind us to be thankful. Every day, no matter how bad a day, there is something to be thankful for. We are inundated by polarizing hate speech these days which tells us who to blame, what to hate, and why we should be unhappy. Enough I say, let us be thankful every day, and do out best to remind others why it is good to be alive.
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine
jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.
― William Arthur Ward
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