Because I Said So
Wife to one handsome man, mother to three terrific sons and two beautiful daughters-in-love, memere' to two fantastic grandsons; entrepreneur, writer, reader, learner and believer! Thanks for stopping by - Alowetta
The turkey has been smoked and eaten, ball games watched, naps taken and the day is almost done. Well, not quite. My friend is driving in from out of town tonight so that we can do the Black Friday shopping - starting at midnight I guess. Or maybe we can wait until 4 am.
At any rate, I don’t think it is too late to say my general Happy Thanksgiving greetings, and make my list of things to be thankful for. Of course, my thankfulness does always begin with my sweet husband, my sons, daughters-in-love and my adorable and perfect grandsons. They are all #1 in my life!
And I’m thankful that I’m in the 1% - that is, the top 1% of the world. We often forget that while we may think we are less fortunate than others around us - that a few people make all the money while we slave for a minimum paycheck - more than half the population of the world lives on $2 a day. Not $2 an hour, $2 a day.
More than a billion people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water - if there really are 7 billion of us now, that means 1 in 7 people in the world don’t have the privilege of any water near their homes, much less water that is free of disease.
So when I say I’m thankful to be part of the 1%, I mean it. I am grateful that I have a warm home, that my physical, emotional, spiritual and financial needs are being met. I don’t have to wonder if tomorrow I might not have anything to eat, no clean water or even that I won’t be paid for my day’s work.
I am thankful that my family has all those things, also. And I try to show my gratitude by supporting causes that help alleviate problems in my community and in the world. I know I am privileged - but, I don’t take it for granted.
I hope if you are reading this that you are in the 1% also. And you are grateful to be there.
