“Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.” – Annette Funicello
My wife and I have ‘our’ song and it is ‘Wonderful World’ as sung by Louis Armstrong. I love driving in the car on a puffy cloud day and having that on. It is filled with simple gratitude for love, beauty, friendship and growth.
What day passes where we can not find at least one of those things to admire and cherish? Every day, in other words, has ‘wonderful’ in it, if we are paying attention.
That is all there is to it. You CHOOSE to be thankful. If you aren’t sure whether you are or not, here is a good test. How many times in the past week have you said ‘thank you’ to someone WITH an explanation of exactly what you are thankful for? It isn’t enough to say ‘thank you’. It needs to be followed by ‘because you have been….such a good waitress, or a wonderful wife, or a person who spoke the truth to me, or….you get the idea. TELL the world and the people in it what you are thankful for, and mean it. THAT is the choice you have to make.
“Some People Grumble Because Roses Have Thorns. I am Thankful Thorns Have Roses.” – Alphonse Karr
This is #1 in a week long ‘thankful’ series of napkins. Some may have been posted before but they are relevant this week so they are going back up again!
Tell me, or someone, what you are thankful for this week. Don’t make stuff up, whatever you say, have it be something you really do feel the emotion of thankfulness (or gratefulness) about.
