One night as I was talking to my granddaughter Brooke we talked about what it meant to be thankful at all times. I told her even if all she can find to be thankful for is her pinky finger on her left hand then so be it. I told her once in awhile I was going to remind her of her left pinky finger as a way to say remember you do have something to be thankful for.
The more I teased her about her left pinky finger the more she got the giggles and soon the smile I was originally after from her showed up. I told her I needed to take a picture of the two together because they were showing how this thankful process can really work if we would allow it. Our problem is we want to concentrate too much on the negative. More pity is found there and we don't have to do anything to improve off of it.
How crazy is that! We'd rather wallow in our pity instead of finding a reason to laugh even if its a silly little thing such as thinking about our left pinky finger. We'd rather accept the invitation to keep misery company than to laugh and enjoy life one moment at a time. The choice is ours, its not that hard to choose to be thankful when you have the right focus and carry the right attitude.
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