We should all be grateful for this…

Happy Thanksgiving!  

This is a time to reflect on what we are grateful for.  In counting our blessings though, we often forget a whole host of things that we should be grateful for – what DIDN’T happen.

I woke up this morning.  That’s a good thing.  I didn’t die last night.

Look at all the accidents that were prevented by people doing the right thing.

How about all the health problems you don’t have?

No bombs were dropped on your town last night.  Your company didn’t go out of business (I don’t think…)

A violent criminal didn’t break into your house this year.

We could go on and on.  We have many blessings.  Chief among them are the things that did not happen to us.

This Thanksgiving I am grateful for many things.  My wife Marie is first.  My kids.  And all the people I know.  I have many friends, and that is a true joy.  I love to get together with bunches of them and have fun.  I think collecting friends is the true measure of success and the ultimate thing to collect!