Saturday 23 April 2016

T is for Thankful

What are you thankful for? Close your eyes for just a moment, and consider the question.

Did you come up with anything? Maybe something special has happened recently, maybe you got lucky, maybe something made you happy. That's great!

Most things we take for granted is truly things we should be grateful for. I've got a home. Clean water. A job. A husband. Two healthy kids. Money to buy what I need (even a laptop). Am I grateful for all of this, or am I just too used to it to not even consider it a blessing? What I mentioned is only the top of the iceberg, really.

Things got in perspective last week, when we lost my mother-in-law. Eight years ago my father had just gotten the diagnosis of his brain tumor, which took his life in August the same year. Me and my husband now has one parent each left in this life.

Am I thankful that I still have the opportunity to talk to my mother each day? Did I appreciate the time when I still had my father within reach? I wish I could tell you a certain 'yes' - but it's never that easy, is it?

Our kids were 3 and 5 when my father died, now they're almost 11 and 13. They hardly remember my father, I hope they will remember my mother-in-law better. I should be thankful that they got more time with her, but still there's that small thorn saying it's unfair that my father didn't get the chance to get to know them…

Thankfulness is not an easy thing. And it's not something you can force into being. It's simply something we have to train ourselves to be. Every moment.



7 comments:

  1. Hello, dropping by on the A-Z Challenge :-) Your post on thanksgiving is very timely. We can all benefit from a more thankful attitude, that's for sure. Condolences in your time of loss. I can relate, I lost my mother just last December..

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    1. Sorry about your loss too... We do tend to take things for granted. It kind of helps to write about it.

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  2. Thought provoking post. Thankful I read it :-) I also found you through the A to Z Challenge, loved the title:am writing...something.
    @AnneKnol1 from
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    1. Thank you!
      The title became what it is because, well... I could not come up with something better ;)

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  3. Thought provoking post. Thankful I read it :-) I also found you through the A to Z Challenge, loved the title:am writing...something.
    @AnneKnol1 from
    Author Support - Write a Cozy Mystery from A to Z

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  4. Taking time to be thankful is always time well spent IMO. Sorry for your loss.

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    1. Thank you.
      We all need to consider life's blessings more regularely, I think.

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