Happy Thanksgiving

After yesterday's post I imagine that some people are surprised that I would wish anyone a Happy anything. If that is your impression, I did not mean to give you that idea. I love the Holidays, and I love my family. I just don't know if they mix well. I think they are like Rum and rootbeer. I am very fond of either of those two separately. The thought of them together-not so much. But the Holiday is almost over and the only hurdle left is Christmas. Again, please don't think that I am anti Holiday, I am not, not by any stretch of the imagination. What I don't like are the people who rush the Holidays or try to change them to suit their own purposes. I used to know a loser that would put his Christmas tree up around Labor Day. I wish I was kidding. Now, the tree had to be down before new Year's Eve, or bad things would happen. But having the thing up before the first college football game-no problem. I guess the key to surviving the Holiday-Thanksgiving, that is- is to find something that you are truly thankful for. I know with some people, this might be a stretch, but there has to be one thing you are grateful for. Dwell on that one thing, and try to ignore all the crazy stuff that is going around you. I had to spend one Thanksgiving listening to a drug user talking about having a conversation with talking garbage (again the ex's family, God love 'im) and I still found something to get me through that long, long day. Find the thing you are thankful for, no matter how small. Realize how much you have compared to others, and you may see that you are luckier than you realize. Try it. You'll thank me later.