Happy Thanksgiving

in #life7 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

I thought I would take this time to give thanks for all that I'm blessed with. I know the world isn't perfect and I am not yet given the luxury of keeping the fruit of my labors, but I'm thankful for what I get to keep.

During my church service last week, my pastor was talking about wealth. I make around $30,000 per year. To me, and to many others, this is chump change. I'm lucky if I get to save $5,000 in a year (especially with a debt payment). When looking at the statistics, I'm in the top 2% of wealth in the entire world. That is crazy to me. Being a lower class American, I am actually richer than 98% of the entire world. That really put things into perspective.

I own a car, I have an affordable apartment to live in, I have minimal debt, I'm healthy, I'm young, and I have an amazing family. I have it so good, yet I allow myself to feel like I don't. This isn't right. From here on out, I'm going to make a better effort of being thankful for what I have. I'm going to use that gratitude to empower me and take myself higher than I've ever been.

Do yourself a favor and make a list of what you're thankful for.

Thank for reading!

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You are right. We should all be more thankful for the beautiful life we have. Most of us can save money, we have enough food and we don´t have to be afraid of e.g. wars.
I wish you all a happy thanksgiving