What is thanksgiving? How thankful are you? Why are you thankful? Thanksgiving is about being thankful for what you have or what you don’t have. It’s a day you spend with your family, friends, or anyone important in your life. When you think about thanksgiving you think about food especially that big turkey! But that’s not all of it, there’s more to it if something tragic actually happens that day that’s makes you appreciate the big things that aren’t always on your mind.
Thanksgiving is an act of giving thanks, being grateful especially towards God. In most families all the women of the house prepare the meal, while the men provide the food. On Thanksgiving Day, a turkey is cooked with so many side dishes. When a family is ready to eat, you usually say grace or things that you are grateful for. This year I was a lot more thankful than I have ever been in my life.
I’m more thankful this time around only because a very tragic incident happened to my best friend and I. My best friend was driving and we were rear ended on the freeway. The car was totaled from behind and on top of that we were spinning into the opposite side of traffic. We couldn’t stop and the only thing to do was pray and hope we weren’t going to be killed by on coming traffic. Thankfully a bus driver was pulled over on the off ramp and stopped traffic, the car started up again and we were off the freeway. This has never happened to me before, but it is why I am so thankful for my life now more than ever.
Thankful because I’m here today, thankful because I was able to have dinner with my family, thankful that I’m not dead or severely injured. I’m still young but I’m still learning how not to take things for granted because they can be gone at the snap of a finger. Never say Never, Always say Always because the unexpected with always be the most expected.
Monday, November 26, 2007
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