Thanksgiving - A pause

Little did I know that as I began my travels here in Australia, one of my dearest friends laid in an emergency room fighting for her life. In a spilt second, a happy enroute trip to a graduation celebration became the frantic ambulance rush to the hospital. Thank goodness she is recovering. ML, my thoughts and prayers are with you daily.

We complain about our jobs, our appearances, our relationships. But that's because we have jobs, have health, have people in our lives. We complain because we have the liberty to: we are not sick, hungry or homeless.

We rush through life. From one meeting to another, from one obligation to another. At the end, what is most important? As we fly through life, it takes an external shock to forces us to pause our busy routine and to reflect and appreciate.

A few months ago, a friend inspired me to create a soundtrack, which I termed my "Quarter Life Soundtrack." One way is to think that a quarter of my life has passed by. But from another angle, I still have a statistically good 50+ years of living. There's still time to try, to experience, to learn, to live.

Thanksgiving, I use to think of it as just another holiday. Going to college thousands of miles from home, I never went home for Thanksgiving and always wondered why we couldn't just roll together with Christmas for an extended holiday. But now, I realize the meaning behind Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays ever--it's an opportunity to give thanks for the people in life, your family and your friends.