With regards to New York I would like to acknowledge all of the people who live there with circumstances, more difficult than my own, and who manage to get by. I am referring to the blind, handicap, and elderly, mostly. These people live in a city that is geared towards the young and healthy, and they are often neglected in such a fast passed community. I continue to give up my seat to these people on the bus or hold a door open for them, but not everyone in the world is willing to spare a few extra moments. I would like to give personal thanks today for being so healthy and very much alive.
With regards to my thanks I would also like to acknowledge that I think New Years and Thanksgiving should be combined. I am (lucky) enough to have my birthday on Thanksgiving again this year. I do not enjoy the copious amounts of travel and family on my birthday, which can easily be overlooked, but it is an optimum time for reflection.
In my new year, I am given an opportunity to reflect on what I am both thankful for and what I would like to give, change, or receive in the upcoming year. I have already decided on my resolution for the upcoming year (tba). It is within the last few hours of a very topsy turvy year that I can admit, I am ready to move on. I have undergone many changes, some that will take more than a year to fix, but I am thankful for my friends, family, and perseverance that have gotten me through it. I can only hope that being alive another year will be an equal or lesser struggle and more of a success.
Cheers to your day of thanks, and may your belt be loosened, elastic stretched, and all the pie be eaten!
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