2014 - 11 - 22 Today I am grateful: • For markets and grocery stores and being able to go shopping. A simple action and yet one we often take for granted. I pause to think for a moment of those who don’t have such a luxury as a grocery store or who don’t have the finances to be able to buy groceries. I think for a moment of the labour and effort that went into putting food on the shelves in the grocery store. The farmers who grow or care for the animals. The labourers that harvest and slaughter and prepare the foods. The drivers that bring the food from the farmlands to the cities. The people that stock the shelves and help at the check out. All these many people that go about their jobs so that I can go to the grocery store go home with good things to eat. • For the cycles of nature. In the midst of all the news about the snow in the Buffalo area I am reminded that only this summer I was in the desert and made aware of the importance of water in the scheme of things. Now we have record amounts of snowfall and possibility of flooding. Nature has things well under control, it is us people who try to make life go on as usual without making allowances for the acts of nature that get frustrated. We need to be in control or we fret and complain. Nature does not care. Nature is! I am grateful that every so often I am reminded just who is in charge. • For the happiness of just relaxing after getting all the chores done. That good feeling that comes when you enjoy that sense of accomplishment. • For a fleecy cozy blanket that I can snuggle into and get comfort from in moments of stress or anxiety. • For moments of learning and sharing. When my well is dry there always seems to be someone there to inspire me once more. There is always a light to be found when in the dark…all I need to do is go looking.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:50:48 +0000
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