Remember When? And Why I'm Thankful

REMEMBER WHEN?  AND WHY I"M SO THANKFUL

   

Remember when life was simple and there just didn't seem like there was
so much to worry about?


And remember when we all had our priorities in just the right order and we

knew without a doubt what should come first...and second and third? 
And remember when we managed to live our lives according to that priority list?  And remember when we did that...way back then...how much better our lives seemed to work out?

Remember when Thanksgiving and Christmas and Birthdays were a time of celebration and big family gatherings?  And homes were filled with the aroma of so many foods...cooked from scratch...and the walls were just almost bursting at the seams with love and laughter and so many stories being shared.

And for us baby boomers...remember when there were grandparents and great grandparents at these warm and fuzzy gatherings...and remember when we weren't them?  Remember when we were on down the line in the middle somewhere in a much safer feeling spot...so if there was a problem...we had older and wiser family to turn to...to help us come up with just the right answer. 

Remember those days?  Well...I wonder what happened to them sometimes...don't YOU?  Where did they go?  What happened to that child like wonder we all used to have?  And what's with all this anxiety and lack of emotion and the dis-interest in most things pertaining to family and family gatherings? 

It just seems like the spirit of most of these times of celebration have managed to wither away and die or something. 

I think we all need to slow down and get back to basics...that's what "I" think!

So many have been posting on facebook during November...all the things they're thankful for.  I haven't done that because I think a lot of the things posted are kind of for show anyway...so why take the time to bother...if you're not going to be sincere.
Many of those postings are kind of like going to a class reunion.  Geezer has always said a class reunion is just a toss up contest to see who can out-do the other one with big life stories and he is not interested.  :-/

I was reading this morning way before daylight about how to know if you are a blessed person.  And it said "If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of the people in the world.  If you have money in the bank, in your wallet and some spare change, you're among the top 8% of the world's wealthy (but then I wonder...did they count all those thousands of politicians that are stealing the rest of us blind? ) And it said if you woke up this morning with more health than illness you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week." And it went on and on...
SOOOOOOOO considering those things...and without even reading that earlier today...I KNOW I'm very blessed.

I started out this year with a statement and a challenge.  I said I was going to live my best life in 2013 and I invited you to join me. 
By early spring...I was flat on my back for a week with a back that would not let me even get up off the couch to crawl to the bathroom without the geezer helping me.  By late spring...Kev was knee deep in major flood damage and I was right there beside him for weeks on end....then I took a little breather and geezer and I were talking about heading to the smokies before deer season...and I'll be doggies if we didn't have that accident and I broke my leg and laid flat on my back for another 13 weeks...so GOODNESS GRACIOUS.   The main thing I'm thankful for this year....is that it's now November 29th and I'm still HERE!  I think God is trying to tell me something... and I just keep telling HIM..."YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION!!! WHAT IS IT YOU WANT ME TO DOOOOOOO?" 

I just wish we could go back to those simpler times.  And we can...to some extent.  The one thing I say to you all...ALL THE TIME is "We can't change anyone else...but we CAN change ourselves and the way WE look at things"
So we CAN slow down if we will...we CAN re-work our list of priorities if we will...and we CAN change our lives for the better if we will. 
We just need to knock that brick wall down and love a little deeper...and trust and give a little more...make hot chocolate a lot more often...sit by the fireplace if we have one....go for long walks and in a woods if possible....start a journal or diary...
We just have to SLOW DOWN and start savoring more moments...because let me tell you something folks....those moments are going to run out for every single one of us.  And if that were to happen to you today...would you be content with the way you've lived your life even this year....or even this month....or even this week....or even just yesterday? 

BE the change you want to see in this old world....and if enough of us DO that...WE WILL SEE a change in this old world. 

Peace and love from the canyon...I love you all gobs and thanks so SO much...for stopping by.

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