Enough Complaining, We All Have an Enormous Amount to Be Thankful For

I hear it every day. People complaining. They complain when it rains, complain when it snows, complain when it's cold, complain when it's hot. Complain about the price of gas, complain about aches and pains, and complain about everything imaginable. It is as if it is our national past time.

It is Thanksgiving. A time to give thanks for what we have, a time to stop complaining for one moment and re-acquaint ourselves with all our blessings, as they are too numerous to even count.

If we look back into the not to distant past, we can recount countless acts of bravery, selfless sacrifice and outright personal devastation, and even death by many of our forefathers, for the general benefit of our country and way of life.

Consider the signors of the Declaration of Independence, committing a defiant act of treason against the British Empire, with the greatest most formidable Army and Navy in the world's history, knowing full well, that if this ragtag band of farmers failed to defeat this enormous armed force, they would all swing from the nearest trees. Yet this did not stop them for one moment as they valued the way of life they dreamed worthy of their dying for. A country, a culture, a society based on freedom and 'the pursuit of happiness'.

Not only did they not complain, they were willing to sacrifice their wealth and power in many cases their lives, so you and I could enjoy the freedoms they won for us.

How did it work out? A few hundred years later, we evolved into the highest standard of living the world has ever known.

Yes, we enjoy the best and most of anything this world has ever seen.

Yet we complain about the most nonsensical issues imaginable. How silly we can be.

So I challenge all my readers, consider our blessings, they are too numerous to count. Consider the enormous sacrifice so many have endured to allow us to enjoy what we have today...and give thanks.

We are the most fortunate people in the world's history...give thanks, and maybe even carry this gratitude with us when we re-enter our daily routine, fighting our battles, remembering the signors of the Constitution, and realizing, our battles may not be all that bad after all...and maybe we should not be complaining about anything at all.

Peace, my friends, have a very happy Thanksgiving....and think for a moment about all the blessings we enjoy.