Let's be thankful

Last week as I walked to my car after work, I saw a man walking down the street, heading in my direction. He stopped at a SUV, bent down, and began to pull at something that appeared to be stuck under the tire. He yanked and yanked, and paying more attention to the car, I realized that the driver was present in the car. The driver finally pulled off, and whatever the man was trying to get was freed. By this time, I had reached him and noticed the man had an odor. What he had been trying to pull from underneath the car's tire was a shirt. The shirt looked pretty decent, and I assumed that the man was homeless or at least down on his luck. Whatever the case, he had the biggest grin on his face after picking up that shirt.

This man was so excited about a shirt he found on the ground. How many times do we disrobe and leave our clothes on the floor of our bedroom/bathroom? How many times do we forget about those clothes for periods of time until we need them again? How many times do we forget about the value of the people in our lives until we need them for something? Let's make sure that we show more appreciation for the things that we have, whether we spent our own money on them or someone else purchased them for someone else. I know we don't intentionally forget about things, but let's be more mindful of the people who don't have, and would be very appreciative of the things we sometimes unconsciously forget.

Take the time to day to make yourself aware of the things you do. Pick up your clothes/belongings, call someone that you haven't talked to in awhile. Be appreciative of who or what is in your life.