Do you? Other than on the obvious occasions, I mean. Think about it; giving thanks and feeling gratitude is uplifting and makes life so much more pleasurable, not to speak about the wonders it does to our health 🙂
I shall give you some examples:
- When your car starts
- When you fall and don’t hurt yourself
- When a space is opened up for you just as you come
- When the chirping of a bird reminds you of spring coming
- The garbage collectors for keeping your space clean
- The road workers for keeping the roads safe
- When something shows up just when you need it the most
- A drink of water when you are thirsty
I just thanked my oven for keeping me warm in the snow. What, or who, did you just thank?
I give thanks but I always give thanks to somebody who is real and not to imaginary things. Yesterday I thanked the tech that came and fixed the computer connection that I lost most of the day. Why I thanked anybody for that is a mystery. Somebody didn’t do their job right and I must have been on the phone for hours trying to get it straightened out. But the poor tech wasn’t at fault so I thanked him. He had to work out in the freezing cold through no fault of his own.
Now, may I give thanks to you for letting me have this little rant. LOL 🙂
Enjoyed your rant 🙂 You probably saved the guy’s day by being kind to him and that’s a good thing!
I thank synchronicity of life for summarising the thought patterns inside my head with posts like these from beautiful people in the past/present, showing that we are still connected through something higher.. that abstract that will continue to cause random acts of kindness when it is most wanted. 😉
Thanks for stopping by, here’s to more random acts to kindness!
After delivering my child safely and soundly (via c-section & modern medicine), I give thanks everyday. She is my blessing.
Often the act of giving thanks and feeling blessed comes through hardship. I am glad you have this fantastic feeling, it will stay with you always and make your life brighter.