Thankful I Am Not

What are you thankful for? Is it your house, car, job, friends, family or your dog? Maybe it’s family time or drinking a cup of coffee while sitting on a swing on the back porch. Possibly it’s alone time with a book or dinner with a friend. As I sit at my desk today and think about what I am most thankful for, I can’t help but to think about what I am thankful I am not. I am thankful I am not battling addiction searching for a way out of pain in my mind. I am thankful I am not alone in this world feeling lost each day. I am thankful I am not homeless never feeling the comfort of a home. I am thankful I am not a person lacking compassion for the hurting people around me. This Thanksgiving be thankful for all the things you are not because at any given moment life happens.