I’m glad that a holiday like Thanksgiving exists. You know why? Because every year it happens I get to look over my life  and think about things that I am truly thankful for. I’m not sure whether it’s the fate, personal efforts, luck, coincidences, power of one’s thought or one’s imagination that make up one’s life. All I know, is that on this holiday I get to look at what I have and reflect on it.

I consider myself very lucky. Lucky to end up in America, the land of abundance and opportunities. I appreciate the fact that I can turn on the hot water at any time of day or night, and it would run clear and smell free. I appreciate the fact that I can go to the grocery store and buy anything that my heart desires, cook myself to death and enjoy it. I appreciate that for the most part I am surrounded with people that are friendly, polite and odor free. And I do appreciate that when I go to Wal-Mart, I’m being greeted with a smile and a hello.

I also consider myself deserving of things that I accomplished in my life. Like I said, it might be a combination of luck, personal efforts and/or power of thought, but I feel like I happen to be in the right place at the right time and things seem to work out in my favor. So every year around this time, I get to reflect on them and pat myself on the back for my accomplishments.

I consider myself lucky (again) that I ended up with a wonderful man. I am not sure if I am completely deserving of him, but I sure try to be so. I am very lucky to have a gorgeous 2-year old daughter and a baby boy on the way.

I am also thankful for my health, my family, the opportunities around me, my friends, my home… Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to reflect on your life, find things that you are thankful for and realize how much you have! Isn’t it wonderful all by itself?

Happy Thanksgiving every one and pleeeaase find things that you are thankful for! Trust me, it will bring at least a smile (or a happy tear) to your face.