According to Merriam-Webster, Thanksgiving is defined as “the act of giving thanks”. Thanks often results in Happiness. And when we’re happy, it’s easier to laugh. We laugh an average of 14 times a day.
So in the spirit of thankful good humor, here are words of thanks*
I am thankful:
For the wife
Who says it’s hot dogs tonight
Because she is home with me
And not out with someone else.
For the husband
Who is on the sofa
Being a couch potato
Because he is home with me
And not out at the bars.
For the teenager
Who is complaining about doing dishes
Because it means she is at home,
Not on the streets.
For the taxes I pay
Because it means
I am employed.
For the mess to clean after a party
Because it means I have
Been surrounded by friends
For the clothes that fit a little too snug
Because it means
I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me work
Because it means
I am out in the sunshine.
For a lawn that needs mowing,
Windows that need cleaning,
And gutters that need fixing
Because it means I have a home.
For all the complaining
I hear about the government
Because it means
We have freedom of speech.
For the parking spot
I find at the far end of the parking lot
Because it means
I am capable of walking,
And I have been blessed with transportation.
For my huge heating bill
Because it means
I am warm.
For the lady behind me in church
Who sings off key
Because it means I can hear.
For the pile of laundry and ironing
Because it means
I have clothes to wear.
For weariness and aching muscles
At the end of the day
Because it means I have been
Capable of working.
For the alarm that goes off
In the early morning hours
Because it means
I am alive.
And finally, for too much e-mail
Because it means
I have a friend who is thinking of me.
Happy Thanksgiving to us all.
*(thanks to Dave at http://www.you-can-be-funny.com/Funny-Thanksgiving-Poems.html)
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Spurwink Services
By Linda S. Butler, Ph.D., LCSW
Director of Research & Outcomes