Food?
Family?
Thankfulness?
Being thankful for for the good things in your life
Is really really easy-
But what about when there isn't much good
When people die
When life seems to keep just throwing punches
When you're tired, you're sick
When the world is this big bad scary monster
Instead of a place you live in-
What about then?
Can you be thankful for hardships?
It's hard.
It's hard.
It's possible.
It's necessary.
Even if you can only be thankful
For the fact that the sun is still shining outside
For the fact that you're still breathing
For the knowledge that "this too, shall pass"
For those who support you while everything is falling
Even if you can't be thankful for what's happening
Thankful that they're not in pain anymore
Thankful that this will strengthen you
Thankful because your God does not have plans to harm you
And because of that you know you're going to be okay---
It's vitally important
That no matter what we go through
Despite sunshine and shadows
Despite flowers and the mud beneath
Despite happiness and sorrow
We carry the spirit of the holidays
The spirit of Thanksgiving
And carry so much of it that our hands cannot hold anything else.
-KH
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