Thank ye

I feel like this keeps happening lately, but once again, I’ll be on hiatus this week! As per usual, I spend the holidays with my family—and I hope that each of you will get to do so as well. Thanksgiving is my mum’s favorite holiday, and I’m very happy to get to spend this week celebrating with her. I'm a Christmas kind of girl myself, but Thanksgiving is always a lot of fun too.

But I still wanted to take a little time to talk to you guys! I couldn’t just leave you high and dry!

To that end…

Be Thankful

I feel like this is a message we need to hear lately, especially in the States. People are hurting over the election, they’re freaking out over what’s going to happen next, and they’re worried over everything around them. Life isn’t supposed to be that way. It’s just plain not, no matter what anyone else might've told you. 

So be thankful. When you wake up every morning, say a few things you’re thankful for. When you go to bed, do the same. And if you think you don’t have anything to be thankful for, then think again. There’s always something we can be thankful for.

Me? 

 

I’m thankful that I got to go to Europe with Mum

That I enjoy what I do

For breath in my lungs

For my family

For Mavguard

For a place to live and a pillow to lay my head on

For fountain pens

For the Mythbusters

See? Lots of things. It doesn’t have to be anything profound, anything that would make someone gasp or nearly faint. It just has to be something for which you’re thankful.

And trust me, it’ll help you to see your life in a new light. Be thankful that we live in a country where we’re free to express ourselves and our opinions, be thankful that there are people around you who care about you. Be thankful for shoes on your feet and chapstick in your pocket. Just… be thankful.

That’s my two cents, this Thanksgiving week. Be thankful. Never forget that there’s something to be thankful for, even when you’re not feeling it. Never stop being thankful. Your life will be all the brighter for it—and we could use more bright lives in this world. 

[love]

{Rani Divine}