What better time to reflect on the things we are grateful for then on Thanksgiving weekend. But why only set aside one weekend a year to focus on giving thanks?
It is easy in our consumer culture to feel the need for MORE MORE MORE. It is easy to feel that what we already have, is not enough. It is easy to look into the future and say, “Once I have [Fill in the blank] I will feel happy.” You can fill anything into that space: a new car, bigger house, a baby, a puppy, that new jacket, lost 20 lbs, got that big promotion…. whatever fits the story in your head. It is so easy to do this. It is easy to create a projected timeline of happiness based on items you do not yet have. Marketing, advertisements and social media all help us fill in that blank. These mediums feed us the images we need to feel as though what we have is not enough. To feel as if we can only truly be happy once we have reached that milestone or obtained that object.
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