If your turkey isn't thawed by now, go back to bed and make plans to drop in on someone later. Don't be embarassed...there's always plenty enough to go around, and besides, nobody ever owns enough Tupperware (c) on a holiday...so, they'd end up tossing some of the food anyway.
If you get a newspaper, there will be at least one tear-jerking story written by one of the better columnists. He/she will tell a tale of days of yore...going to grandma's, standing in line at an airport or how life is no longer the same.
If you own a teevee, you'll gather around it with family and friends to watch 5 football games played by 10 colleges you never heard of playing in a bowl game that you'll never remember within 72 hours.
If you're a REAL holiday nut, you'll already be off somewhere to watch a parade. I suppose those are alright. Four years with Uncle Sam...marching everywhere we went...sorry, I just don't do that anymore. The REAL thrill is watching a parade on teevee and having the host give a biography on "This Year's Miss Appledunker" and how she got the award.
If you're a shopper, you'll be smart and memorize all the store sale flyers in today's newspaper, then go back to bed so you'll have the strength to fight all the loonies at the malls tomorrow on the biggest shopping day of the year.
If you've got religion, you might go to a special service at your place of worship to thank your God for all you've got.
If you're an American...if you're not an American but living here...you'll take the time to be grateful for what this land has given you. You might wish to think about those who unknowingly became a martyr in this, the year of the messenger of satan, who selfishly destroyed the lives of so many families. Perhaps that was a wakeup call of some kind and I would hope it caused us to not place a high priority on material things and return to spirituality. I also do not condone the death penalty, but if it thwarts further deeds of this ilk, so be it. All the good books of all religions tell us not to judge and not to kill, yet the misguided greed of a few think they have the right to carry out their own agenda and it is right in their minds.
Try to get out of bed each day with a caring attitude. Making this a better world begins with good acts by one person. Pass on a smile, a nice word, a hug or anything else that will make another feel great. Show your children love and give them every opportunity to tell the truth. Practicing this has a cascading effect on all those around us. Seeing the good it produces will cause them to "pick up the ball" and pass it on. Griping will never cure any problem. Somebody has to do something to start the healing process...why not YOU? Believe it or not, it's not mandatory to step on someone to get ahead...we've just been conditioned to think that way. Being nice is easy. All you have to do is let it happen. Well, what are you waiting for?!?
Have a fantastic day and may this be the first of better days for all of you. God bless.....
If you get a newspaper, there will be at least one tear-jerking story written by one of the better columnists. He/she will tell a tale of days of yore...going to grandma's, standing in line at an airport or how life is no longer the same.
If you own a teevee, you'll gather around it with family and friends to watch 5 football games played by 10 colleges you never heard of playing in a bowl game that you'll never remember within 72 hours.
If you're a REAL holiday nut, you'll already be off somewhere to watch a parade. I suppose those are alright. Four years with Uncle Sam...marching everywhere we went...sorry, I just don't do that anymore. The REAL thrill is watching a parade on teevee and having the host give a biography on "This Year's Miss Appledunker" and how she got the award.
If you're a shopper, you'll be smart and memorize all the store sale flyers in today's newspaper, then go back to bed so you'll have the strength to fight all the loonies at the malls tomorrow on the biggest shopping day of the year.
If you've got religion, you might go to a special service at your place of worship to thank your God for all you've got.
If you're an American...if you're not an American but living here...you'll take the time to be grateful for what this land has given you. You might wish to think about those who unknowingly became a martyr in this, the year of the messenger of satan, who selfishly destroyed the lives of so many families. Perhaps that was a wakeup call of some kind and I would hope it caused us to not place a high priority on material things and return to spirituality. I also do not condone the death penalty, but if it thwarts further deeds of this ilk, so be it. All the good books of all religions tell us not to judge and not to kill, yet the misguided greed of a few think they have the right to carry out their own agenda and it is right in their minds.
Try to get out of bed each day with a caring attitude. Making this a better world begins with good acts by one person. Pass on a smile, a nice word, a hug or anything else that will make another feel great. Show your children love and give them every opportunity to tell the truth. Practicing this has a cascading effect on all those around us. Seeing the good it produces will cause them to "pick up the ball" and pass it on. Griping will never cure any problem. Somebody has to do something to start the healing process...why not YOU? Believe it or not, it's not mandatory to step on someone to get ahead...we've just been conditioned to think that way. Being nice is easy. All you have to do is let it happen. Well, what are you waiting for?!?
Have a fantastic day and may this be the first of better days for all of you. God bless.....
