Thanksgiving is generally a good time.
I mean, who doesn't love getting to consume a meal of ridiculous proportions then lazing about for the rest of the day?

But the real point of the day is to give thanks for what you have in life.

The thing is... that should be something everyone does all the time, no matter the circumstances. But that's so hard for a lot of people...almost everyone. And that's understandable. The reason? All the garbage life throws at us. And there's a lot of it. It's hard to admire the flower in the landfill.

Things have been hard for a lot of people recently... It's hard to keep up and make ends meet, no matter what the price of gas may be. Parents losing their jobs... Issues at home. Arguments, both petty and otherwise, between friends. Not being able to see or be with the person or people you love most often. Even problems with homework. And then, everything you knew or know can collapse around you. You may lose your home to a fire... Your family to divorce... or your mother to a stroke.

That's a lot to deal with...too much, sometimes. And when there's this much to even try to cope with, no one has any energy or will to celebrate what they have. And when there's little will to do that, you don't notice it much anymore...just all that garbage. It's a cycle...a very bad one.

The thing about garbage, though, is that there's two things to do with it: throw it to a landfill, or recycle it.

Ignoring things that happen, or just trying to forget them, doesn't make it better. All you're doing is leaving it to rot. Instead...use it. Learn from what happened...about yourself, and about those around you. Perhaps let them in on the lesson too.

It's just as much the horrid, nasty bits of life as the great aspects of it that make you who you are. Without a problem, there's no need or want to make progress... and without that, you can't grow as a person.

It's the shadows that really define the light.
Without them...it would impossible to notice the light in the first place.


I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving.

<3

Sometimes love feels like pain
And sometimes I wonder if its all the same
Sometimes light feels just like rain
Cause you never know when its gonna fall down on you

I wish you well
I wish you well
On this trip to find yourself
I wish you well
Wish I could help
But I can't help you find yourself

Sometimes faith feels like doubt
And sometimes I wonder if we'll ever get out
Sometimes life hurts just like now
But you gotta now its all gonna come back around

I wish you well
I wish you well
On this trip to find yourself
I wish you well
Wish I could help
But I can't help you find yourself

Find yourself
I can't help you find yourself
Find yourself...