On Being Thankful!
Every people in the World has a Thanksgiving festival of sorts. Sometimes they are religious, sometimes not. But it is common celebrate the good fortune of a great harvest. Agricultural peoples the World over are happy when the crops are in. It provides a feeling of completion, of peace, of wealth, and the knowledge that there is food for all!
On my Facebook Page I posted the following the day before Thanksgiving:
Some people ask me what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving. I like to say I am just as thankful on Thanksgiving as I am every other day of the year!
Most agricultural people are thankful for a good harvest, knowing they have food for the coming winter. So, a Farmer is always closer to God than anyone. Modern Man has lost his way in that sense. The more he separates from Nature, the more his way becomes tenuous…...
I am thankful I have received and use the power of discernment, which allows me to make stable and good decisions through life.
I am thankful for a sense of peace without fear.
I am thankful that I can think for myself.
I am thankful I am not “politically correct.”
I am thankful I am not a “slave” of false ideology and false commandments of men.
I am thankful for the understanding to never “go along just to get along.”
I am thankful for the understanding that every land needs a housecleaning from crooks from time to time. It may not be pleasant, but it happens over and over again. It needs to happen again…..
I am thankful that I have enough sense to stay healthy as long as possible.
I am thankful for my mistakes, because from them I can learn better ways.
I am thankful for learning from the mistakes of others so I do not have to repeat them myself.
I am thankful to be able to help others when I can, and when they allow it.
I am thankful for the love and help from others.
I am thankful for my extended family.
I am thankful to know enough to stay away from despicable, lying and thoroughly evil politicians. Most of them serve masters different from me/us.
I am thankful I worked in media at one time and know their evil ways.
I am thankful to have basic religious understanding.
I am thankful for the ability to recognize false prophets, to avoid them and never blindly follow them.
I am thankful for the understanding that Christ was a true Rebel for all the right reasons and how few understand Him or His lessons.
I am grateful to those who censor me and call me names. They only confirm my correctness.
I am thankful for those who make fun of me. They teach me how to give as “good as I get!”
I am thankful for learning not to try to convince anyone of anything, but simply give them the tools to make their own mistakes…
I am thankful for the knowledge that “stupid does as stupid is!”
I am thankful to use medical knowledge WHEN it is needed, but stay away when not needed.
I am thankful I have the good sense not to be somebody’s “lab rat.”
I am thankful I do not watch television. It is a Roman Circus run by very evil men (and women).
I am thankful for the ability to design and create.
I am thankful for the ability to know when I need help and when I do not.
I am thankful for basic honesty.
I am thankful for understanding the difference between money and value.
I am thankful for a very well developed sense of humor.
I am thankful for the gift of tongues. Languages are keys to higher learning.
I am thankful for my friends in other lands!
I am thankful for the gift of a "good eye" for many things.
...and last but not least, I am thankful to be able to stick around and watch the Circus of Mankind move backwards and forwards…….
Written,
photographed
and produced by
Harald Hesstvedt Scharnhorst
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