A few weeks ago I ended up in the ER of a local hospital at 3am with chest pain. After a myriad of tests and one night in the hospital, we got the good news I had not suffered a heart attack. In the bed next to me however, was a man suffering from stage 4 lung cancer fighting for his next breath. I was going home he was being moved to CCU.
Throughout the past month we have had people come to our church food pantry who were homeless. A few were living in their cars and one man was living in a tent in the woods. My wife June, who heads up the pantry helped the best she could. But at the end of the day, she was able to return to our safe, secure, home.
Perspective is a good thing, at times a needed thing. It helps us discover where we are. It helps us see all that we have to be thankful for, the little things, the intangible things. Remember no one can take those intangible things from us.
It’s amazing the things we complain about. Helen Keller brings light to this with, “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet”. Perspective… we all can be thankful for something. I wonder what would happen if we focused on being thankful? Who knows ? We might even be moved into action.
Thanksgiving is over a month away, but there is no time like the present to begin.
It’s a new day, be thankful and live it!
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The Thankful Poor
By Henry Ossawa Tanner
Truer words were never spoken. Just the fact that we are alive during right now is a true miracle. A winning of the lottery of all lotteries, not to be squandered with complaint but cherished and appreciated.