Thankfulness
In Canada it's Thanksgiving weekend. I love this weekend, and miss it, and the beautiful season, here in England.
Things I am thankful for, and try to reflect on daily:
Good health: I don't have perfect health, but my body does what I ask of it most of the time, and I try to be thankful that it cooperates. It only takes one bout of poor health to put this in perspective.
Safe shelter: We don't own a home, but we have a safe, secure place to live in comfort.
Food: We have access to plentiful, healthy, varied, food.
Civil society: For all that we complain about injustices, England is a civil society.
The institutions are not perfect, but the police come when you call. Same with fire dept, local council services, and transportation workers. We don't have to bribe them or pay backhanders to ensure any of these services work and they serve me as well (or badly)
as they do my neighbours. This is more than many, many people have in their cities.
I'm aware that the things I'm thankful for aren't true for everyone, even within the city, or the country I live in. So I'm thankful.
Things I am thankful for, and try to reflect on daily:
Good health: I don't have perfect health, but my body does what I ask of it most of the time, and I try to be thankful that it cooperates. It only takes one bout of poor health to put this in perspective.
Safe shelter: We don't own a home, but we have a safe, secure place to live in comfort.
Food: We have access to plentiful, healthy, varied, food.
Civil society: For all that we complain about injustices, England is a civil society.
The institutions are not perfect, but the police come when you call. Same with fire dept, local council services, and transportation workers. We don't have to bribe them or pay backhanders to ensure any of these services work and they serve me as well (or badly)
as they do my neighbours. This is more than many, many people have in their cities.
I'm aware that the things I'm thankful for aren't true for everyone, even within the city, or the country I live in. So I'm thankful.