giving of thanks to the the small simple things..

"Isn't it peculiar, Charlie Brown, how some traditions just slowly fade away?" - Lucy (A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving)

Let's not get ahead of ourselves; I see the Christmas trees up already, I see the shopping hitting earlier and earlier as each year passes. I see people and their lights being put up, decorating before the race even starts. Even Christmas specials sold during the Halloween season. I'm going to set this straight right here before we all jump the gun. Happy Thanksgiving.

Don't overlook what you have, what counts, what matters. Stay strong in times of adversity, nothing ever really matters but what you hold dear in your heart. It's the small simple things that bring a smile to my face; a smile from a stranger, a couple holding hands with their child, a girl walking her faithful and happy canine companion. These things overlooked all the time; they're simple but can mean so much.

They're reminders telling us we're connected, that the weight of the world though how heavy it may seem is not just our own to bear. It's spread through the world, like the ripples in water, we interconnect with one another. Like the rings in a tree stump: we tell a story, like the diamonds found in mines: we express beauty. These simple and yet so meaningful things. Stay close to them, stay strong to them, and be thankful that we have such small pieces of humanity still left around us.

Thankful is what seems to be missing so dearly lately, we take for granted these small yet so dearly important things in our lives.

"Thanks for reading.." - Ryan D.

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