Every year, come Thanksgiving, we sit back and think about all the things in which we are thankful.
In my previous post, A World Worth Living, I asked, "When you look to your left, what do you see?"
Today I am going to ask, "When you look to your left, who do you see?"
Whether you're gathered around a table passed through generations with a home-cooked meal, around the TV watching the Lions play the Bears or hanging out in a hotel with pizza, who is surrounding you today, on the day we give thanks for all that we have?
The other day, I heard an ad on the radio that really bothered me.
Verizon is not having a Thanksgiving sale.
They're having a Thanksgetting sale.
Thanksgetting, people.
Granted, I know Verizon is just trying to market and sell a product with catchy words. But let's really think about that word.
Thanksgetting.
Now, let's think about that single mom working the only job she can find in retail, whose been scheduled to work on Thanksgiving Day just so someone can get their $200 TV or $10 sweater a day earlier.
When this woman looks to her left, she won't see her family. She won't see her dog. She won't see her friends.
She will see two people fighting over a Smart TV.
It's time for a change in this world.
More gratitude and less attitude.
Every. Single. Day.
365/7
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