How often do you complain? Seems we've done it a lot all our lives. Interesting enough, I don't think anyone is first taught about being thankful as an older person. We're taught over and over about gratitude, yet life & its issues somehow make us forget.
I don't remember not knowing this song. It's like I have heard it all my life. And actually, it has been around most of my life.
It came out the same year I started school. And kindergarten is my earliest memory of learning about Thanksgiving. I was even in the school's PTA play as a pilgrim.
And I lie here thinking about all many sacred and secular songs about being thankful & grateful I have been exposed to. I keep going back to that five-year-old and that song. All that is going on we STILL have So Much to be appreciative.
Ever have a bout with insomnia. I see the social media timelines, I'm not alone. I know sleep is the objective, but have ever thought you could be suffering in a coma? We avoid the emails in our junk mail folders because our uncles didn't leave us a castle and many riches. Yet, we should be thankful scammers didn't fool us and steal what money we do have. And no matter the political climate, the USA still has the 1st Amendment in the constitution. There are many countries that never had those freedoms.
Dear Me in Kindergarten,
There is always an opportunity to be grateful. It is never a reason to complain your life away. That would be a waste.
One day before you form a gripe, take a breath and think about the flip side. I bet you could find a blessing (big, minut, and every size in between) in every event in life.
I just realize I used some very big vocabulary words for very young Me. LoL I won't fret. Muh Diva back then will explain that to me. After asking what I was reading, but she'll break it down.
I just want that little one and all of the younger us to remember the lessons about being thankful we learned. Truly listen to all the songs of appreciation we've been introduced to and learned from them. Because sometimes finding something to be grateful for may be the joyful feel your soul may need to make everything feel alright.
As Always Talking to You in Adult Terms!
I don't remember not knowing this song. It's like I have heard it all my life. And actually, it has been around most of my life.
And I lie here thinking about all many sacred and secular songs about being thankful & grateful I have been exposed to. I keep going back to that five-year-old and that song. All that is going on we STILL have So Much to be appreciative.
Ever have a bout with insomnia. I see the social media timelines, I'm not alone. I know sleep is the objective, but have ever thought you could be suffering in a coma? We avoid the emails in our junk mail folders because our uncles didn't leave us a castle and many riches. Yet, we should be thankful scammers didn't fool us and steal what money we do have. And no matter the political climate, the USA still has the 1st Amendment in the constitution. There are many countries that never had those freedoms.
Dear Me in Kindergarten,
There is always an opportunity to be grateful. It is never a reason to complain your life away. That would be a waste.
I just realize I used some very big vocabulary words for very young Me. LoL I won't fret. Muh Diva back then will explain that to me. After asking what I was reading, but she'll break it down.
As Always Talking to You in Adult Terms!
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