I got a wake up call last week. I didn't want to accept what was happening, nor did I want to believe it. I should have. Frankly I should have seen it coming in June when they first told me of the changes. I wanted to scream then. Maybe I should have. Instead I accepted it. What you may ask am I accepting? I am accepting the fact that men and women are evil and selfish. I know that is human nature. We assume that everything is ours for the taking. We assume that everything is going to remain the same. It doesn't.
Yet I do have much to be thankful for, as I reflect on the implosion of the world around me. You might think I'm being harsh with my wording. I know that just how I felt when everything seemed to explode in my face last week....not literally, but figuratively. I can be thankful that I still have a job, even though right now things are rather precarious. I can be thankful that there is still food on my table, shelter for my body, heat, electricity and running water. I can be thankful that for now I have freedom of speech and control over my own body....that could change with new healthcare legislation. Most of all I can be thankful that through it all God is in control.
