Being Thankful for Thanksgiving and Every Other Day of the Year

One way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to make new traditions in your family. Like having a special recipe you make for the day. Or by having a prayer before dinner and blessing the food and family members. This is our time to slow down and give thanks for all our ancestors had done for us. They risked life and limb to make our country. And we can step back from consumerism to be with family and loved ones and count our blessings.

So many families are so busy and complicated with failed marriages and divorce. Whose family do you visit and so on... Well, the first step is to not take your blessings and loving family for granted. So many people would rather veg out in front of the TV instead of living a full life because they are lazy, or think they can't live without watching their favorite TV shows. How much more rewarding is it to spend time with your children doing art projects or playing ball or teaching them about their ancestors. Too many people buy into the Mainstream media's myth that you can buy happiness. You can buy a lot of stuff but if that's all you have, your life will be empty and meaningless and you'll spoil your children and make them anxious because they think they can't live without designer clothes and lots of gadgets and "toys" to take away their emptiness from lack of love and care from their family.

A child can get sick from lack of love. Too many people warehouse their children and wonder why they develop problems in their behavior. While I do not think you should buy your children's love, I think they need lots of love and attention to develop a healthy self esteem. They need to know you have expectations and to know they are loved.

You expect them to do good and keep neat and tidy because it is the right thing to do. Not so that they can have lots of neat things. My grandmother grew up in a big family that was well to do. And she learned to sing and was studying to be an opera singer before she became a wife and mother and her husband worked hard for her. Now she is honored for her hard work to support other opera singers.

Too many people spend too much time buying lotto tickets and wishing on a star rather than working at something and being prepared when a chance comes their way. They need to learn to keep going and working at something that helps others rather than always wishing they were successful and so on. If you help others make money. You too will make money. If you help others, you will be rewarded. You need to think about how you can sow seeds of love to reap more love and gifts and compassion. I started being more loving, and know everyone loves me. And I have a job being loving to children and they behave wonderfully to me and I get lots of
attention from men and I'm happy. Which is better than being a cold professor and supporting a loser and being unattractive. Love flows only when you love yourself first. Learn to nurture your soul and don't fall prey to the media's hype. Be thankful everyday for your loving God and honor the fact that we live in the best country on the planet.