[ SHOWGSD-L ] Giving Thanks

From: Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:48:20 -0500
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, it got me to thinking of the 
things that I'm thankful for and some of those things that we take for 
granted every day as if it was a given.  So put your "thinking cap" on, 
if you will, and think of the things that you have to be thankful for.  
I'm going to share mine with you during this season that should be one 
of "thankfulness".  Please feel free to share your own list of things to 
be thankful for.  I'd love to hear them, rather than some of the belly 
aching we all get caught up in sometimes. 

Things I'm thankful for:  It's icy cold today, but the sun is shining 
brightly.  My old car is fixed and running again and will get me around 
to do my chores.  And because it's fixed, I can now go to the church I 
want to go to which is two hours away and really give thanks.  I'm 
thankful for the old friends that have remained and the new ones who 
continue to come into my life.  I'm thankful for having gone to the 
doctors a few days ago and my doctor saying "Barbara, I'm very proud of 
you" because of an illness I'm working through and I developed a plan to 
work with my doctor to help me get better, instead of asking him to help 
find a miracle.  I am taking responsiblity for my own health recovery.  
I'm thankful that my dog "Amber" came into my life because since I 
bought her, my life has turned around in every way for the better.  I 
had recently lost my mother and this precious animal has inspired me to 
go forward.  I'm thankful for all my mother taught me and left in my 
heart; the hard learned lessons that teaches you, you must get through 
them to ever get to the other side.  I'm thankful for the roof over my 
head, small dwelling that it may be, but it shelters me and my "Amber" 
from the cold wet snow that blankets the earth around the house and it 
reminds me of those who sleep on that earth sometimes in cardboard boxes 
who are known as the homeless.  I'm thankful for accepting the place I 
am in right now in my life even when I don't have all the answers to the 
problems that come my way, knowing that this is where I am meant to be 
for now.  I'm thankful that I know something better in my life is coming 
because I have hope and faith.  Without either one of those, life will 
bring you emptiness. 

So thanks for listening (if you got this far) and letting me share with 
you my thankfulness for my treasure chest of gifts that God has bestowed 
on me.  Next time you want to say another nasty word or do a deed 
against another, stop and thank the maker that he gave you the 
intelligence to choose another option instead.  Barbara Galasso

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