Jane's Journal

Nov 2006
5:13 AM EDT

Tonight my family will get together and celebrate Thanksgiving. We started having our dinner on Wednesday night to alleviate the stress of having 2, sometimes more, places to go on Thanksgivings. I think that Thanksgiving has become one of my favorite holidays. Not because of a love for turkey but because of its meaning. Giving thanks for what we have. I will admit that in my past I have spent more time worrying about the things that I did not have and not giving enough thanks for the things I did have. I have found out in the last year that it really is not the “things” that make you happy. When I left my house in Milwaukee and all my “things” went into storage I was very sad. But you know, I was okay with out them. If you would have told me 2 years ago that I would be living in a small 1 bedroom apartment with no closet space, rotting out windows, no washer and dryer, a malfunctioning toilet and right next door to my parents store I would not have thought those were ideal conditions. Well, they probably still are not ideal but I’m okay with it. It seems that my happiness is coming from other sources and not from my physical surroundings. I am truly thankful that I have come to this realization. I have heard people say many time that money cannot buy happiness but truthfully I did not believe that!!! I don’t really know that it can’t but I do know I really to not need a lot of “stuff” to be content. So this year I am especially thankful for all I have – health and happiness. J

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