Every once in a while life delivers a truckload of troubles. I have noticed as we age, these troubles worsen in scope and frequency. Sometimes we feel so discouraged with so much bad news, that Shakespeare’s Hamlet called “slings and arrows that come not in single spies, but whole battalions ….” that we lose sense of the many blessings we do enjoy in life.
So many blessings are free for the asking. Blessings come like pollen in the wind, secretively, softly, floating down from the air that we breathe in with every breath that fills every pore of our body with life, warmth and good news. Part of the good news is we are still not taxed by town, state and federal governments for every breath we inhale, but I do believe one day our forebears will surely be taxed according to the number of breaths taken! It’s just a matter of time. So, let’s enjoy it while we can!
Fall is the time for thankfulness, the time when crops are ripe in the field and ready to be harvested, the time when families gather together to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday where we all think (sometimes for the very first time!) of the year of riches from all the beauty of the world that surrounds us.
