Thankfulness Curing the Cancer

I keep reading and hearing about 'being thankful' lately, and I think to myself, "I know I am thankful, I dont really need to reflect on that at all", but oh on the contrary, I really do need to look at this more carefully.  Its like when you watch someone hula hoop and you tell yourself "Oh that is easy, I already know how to do that", and then you start hooping and you look like a fool and you tell yourself "I might need to take another look at this".  Ok, hula hooping probably doesnt give us a good analogy, but I think you get the point.  Being thankful seems easy and natural because it is common courtesy-but do we really take the time to be thankful especially in those tricky or hard times or when our glass is half empty? I was complaining to my best friend last night about something and about how lifes 'so hard', and then he asked me, "What time did you get to bed last night?". And I said, "Eh, well, 11:00pm". Then he asked another question, "What time did you get up?". And I replied, "About 7am...." I didnt know what he was really talking about until he said that he only gets a few hours of sleep every night because of his new born baby. He then challenged me to look at life with the glass half full and to name those things that were filling up my glass- the things I should be thankful for. Then I read someone's blog last night and it gave a tidbit about thankfulness- just think if you could say one thing you are thankful for every day, how much that would change your life, and you probably wouldnt dwell on a lot of negative things all the time. I told myself, "I dont want to dwell on negative things." I guess the logical thing would be to start naming some of those things in my day that I am thankful for. Another friend of mine actually has a blog dedicated to thankfulness and naming those things she is thankful for in order to see the beauty in life. And finally, I went to Mass today and one of the readings said, "...everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger for anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God".  With all of these examples, I am suggesting that being intentionally thankful for things can have an enormous affect on your life, and I hope it can bring a transformation for you. I challenge you to ask yourself, "What am I truly thankful for?"

Thanksgiving: The ability to play guitar and praise God through song.

Peace out,
Mark