Yeah, I started a thread about how I hate the holidays, and I do for the reasons most people love them. Anyway, I don't think that Thanksgiving should be about big, fancy meals and family get-togethers. Especially since many people literally have no family or are too poor, even homeless to engage in such a commercial. Honestly, and I won't get into it cause it
will piss ya'll off, but there are
hidden truths about these type of American holidays that also allow me to care even less about them.
Moving along, I think its beneficial to be thankful no matter what day of the year it is. There's an old saying that goes, "Be generous in times of prosperity. Be thankful in times of adversity." Right now, these are surely times of adversity for me. I feel alone and unwanted, as always, but these feelings are multiplied by the fact that everybody around seems to be havin' a ball on a day that I don't see being all that special to begin with even if I did not know anything about those truths.
So what're ya'll thankful for? I am thankful that I do have legs. These legs aren't the manliest, most muscular and hairy legs on the planet, but, heck, at least they can get me from point A to point B and even to point C in some cases now that I am quite fit. There are lots of people who wish they had legs. Just legs. No matter how shabby, flabby, or weak they may be, they'd take 'em I bet! Without my legs, I would not have been able to go to my interview to volunteer down at the hospital near my 'hood. Yeah, I could be a big ol' bump on the log, and be like "Oh woest me! How I wish I had a car to drive those 5 to 6 miles from my house! Oh, how I wish I could always at least be able to catch the bus if my dad was not my payee representative over my SSI! Oh, boo hoo, life sucks!" But complaining and whining like this all the time will solve nothing in the end and things remain unchanged. Sure, volunteer work might not be a huge deal to ya'll or anyone else, but it is to me because its a start to becoming independent which pisses my pops off beyond reason. Oh yeah, I'm thankful that people have the ability to see how useful I am too, to even want to interview me. This is the second interview I have ever been to since February. Yeah, things are beginning to look up again, even if my dad did just call me "hard-headed" so early in the morning on Thanksgiving Day.
Let the annoyances here begin....but I will remain thankful otherwise. I'm so thankful I can laugh and smile too!
