Baron Samedi
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Just watched a video of one of the causes I support, and it inspired me to start this thread...things to be thankful for beyond the obvious...friends, family, Jesus,..that kind of thing.
What are you thankful for that always gets overlooked in favor of the usual?
These are three things I am thankful for...
1. I am thankful for dogs. The reason dogs are Man's Best Friend is because they bring out the best in us as humans. Dogs are what we aspire to be....loyal, loving, honest, dependable, etc. For them, it is natural...for us, we have to work hard to even come close.
2. I am thankful for the people who dedicate themselves to helping those who cannot help themselves, the meekest of the meek.
This is the video that inspired me to start the thread. It is people like this that I am thankful for. Personally, I just donate. I do not have the emotional strength to do it myself, I tried when I was a teenager, and I wish I never had, because they don't always have happy endings.
Thank God for people like this, Hope for Paws...a heartwarming Thanksgiving Day video.
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3. I am Thankful that I live at a time when Medical Miracles will allow me to share dinner with certain family members, who only 20 years ago would be dead, but with what is relatively routine medical practice today, lives are not only saved and extended, but the lives of so many others are enriched as a result. Thanks to all the medical researchers, innovators, and practitioners, for whom I actually am able to watch my prematurely born nephew play football tomorrow, and for my father who would be dead today were it not for the amazing defibrillator technology, and as a result I can share dinner with him tomorrow.
In some way, saving one life saves many lives, and adds countless precious moments and memories for so many of us, and we sometimes fail to consider the alternative, which even in my own lifetime would have been the norm.
What are you thankful for that always gets overlooked in favor of the usual?
These are three things I am thankful for...
1. I am thankful for dogs. The reason dogs are Man's Best Friend is because they bring out the best in us as humans. Dogs are what we aspire to be....loyal, loving, honest, dependable, etc. For them, it is natural...for us, we have to work hard to even come close.
2. I am thankful for the people who dedicate themselves to helping those who cannot help themselves, the meekest of the meek.
This is the video that inspired me to start the thread. It is people like this that I am thankful for. Personally, I just donate. I do not have the emotional strength to do it myself, I tried when I was a teenager, and I wish I never had, because they don't always have happy endings.
Thank God for people like this, Hope for Paws...a heartwarming Thanksgiving Day video.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZWpDrd560H4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
3. I am Thankful that I live at a time when Medical Miracles will allow me to share dinner with certain family members, who only 20 years ago would be dead, but with what is relatively routine medical practice today, lives are not only saved and extended, but the lives of so many others are enriched as a result. Thanks to all the medical researchers, innovators, and practitioners, for whom I actually am able to watch my prematurely born nephew play football tomorrow, and for my father who would be dead today were it not for the amazing defibrillator technology, and as a result I can share dinner with him tomorrow.
In some way, saving one life saves many lives, and adds countless precious moments and memories for so many of us, and we sometimes fail to consider the alternative, which even in my own lifetime would have been the norm.