HAVE YOU SAID THANKS?

Even though this post appeared on my Goodreads' blog a couple of years ago, I feel its message is worth repeating during this season of Thanksgiving.

I give thanks that

- I’m not an peasant in 1800s Russia
- I don’t detangle my hair with my fingers because I lack a comb
- I have to plant, harvest, pickle, butcher, store over winter everything I eat
- I raise, spin, weave everything I wear
- I have to haul manure to the fields
- I must marry the person my parents select
- I don't give birth without any medical assistance
- I don't get lost when I count above 10
- I don't look at a page of words and see mumbo-jumbo