Thanksgiving Eve

I remembered that I've already counted my blessings in an earlier post here. I'll wait to do the whole "year in review" thing in a couple of months. But being Thanksgiving Eve, here are some things that I am thankful for that I didn't mention in my earlier little list.

I'm thankful for the little things.

Right now, I have on the most comfortable, spectacular warm underwear (I still say "long johns" though) that you could ever imagine. I was so excited about them that I even googled the brand and found a link to share, here, so that you, too could have the chance to lounge in cuddly comfort. (Guys, just be content with your flannel and t-shirts. I don't want to hear it.)

I know this is weird, but I sometimes find it amazing that little things content me as much as they do. Little things like sleeping in, matching teacups, sending a friend a scholarly article I found that matches his paper topic exactly, Lorna Doone shortbread cookies, getting funny text messages and being able to make a child laugh all make me happy.

I'm thankful for the ordinary.

Though I don't think I will ever cease to yearn for the extraordinary and far-away, I'm realizing more and more that there's nothing wrong with the familiar and close-to-home. Something tells me that maybe I should stop and enjoy where I am as much as I can so that if one day if I am ever catapulted into some exotic, daring, titillating tomorrow, I won't miss it so much.

I'm thankful for right now.

Forget mooning over the good times of the past. Forget rehashing the bad times of the past. Forget desperately hoping for my life to finally begin tomorrow. Forget obsessively worrying about what's to come tomorrow. I'm living right now. My life is happening right now. Right now is where I'm existing, and right now is where I can make choices (hopefully postive ones) and changes (hopefully positive ones). It's so easy for me to get bogged down in the routine of right now, but I have to realize that right now is where it's at.

Happy Thanksgiving!