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Let's Not Forget To Be Thankful For The Holidays

We tend to take simple things for granted.

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Let's Not Forget To Be Thankful For The Holidays

As the holiday seasons are closely approaching, it is a time where we get to enjoy our family and friends, a time where we cherish and make memories around a dinner table filled with yummy food. What we should do as November approaches us, is to make sure we are being thankful for the people and things that are lucky to be in our lives.

It is easy for us to go through our lives and forget to say a simple thing like "thank you" to someone because we expect them to do it for us anyways. Being thankful for the person who was your server at a restaurant, or the cashier at Walmart, or the lady that held the door open for you. Remembering small "thank yous", can go a long way, further than just around the holidays. We do not realize that the one thank you, or gratitude you show someone, maybe the only gratitude they receive all year.

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Keeping in mind that not everyone is fortunate enough to sit around a dinner table filled with family/friends. Not everyone is able to celebrate the holiday time full of happiness surrounded by the people that love them. As we watch the holidays slowly approach, we take it for granted. We look at this time where we do the same rituals with our family/friends and it is just in routine to do the same thing every year. But, let's try to switch that routine. Let's try to remember why we are thankful for each individual in our life­ and be thankful that we get to spend another holiday around people who care about our well-being. This goes beyond the holidays as well. We should always remember why we are thankful, not only for the month of November but every-day.

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