Dragon Mood? -- appreciative
On a whim, I called S and said, "Let's go to lunch. I'll pick you up."
We sat at a family diner, new to us, near Twelve Mile and Van Dyke. We caught up on each other's morning, and suddenly S said, "Look!" Behind me, up near the ceiling was a television, with CNN showing footage from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Neither of us had seen any television since Sunday evening, before the hurricane made landfall.
We were appalled, horrified and dumbstruck at what we were seeing on the broadcast. These people in New Orleans and Mississippi are going through hell while we sit comfortably, being waited upon, eating our hot food and cold drinks.
S said, "You know, we have a lot to be thankful for. We have two houses, three cars, jobs we can go back to, food on the table. We have so much!"
And so, instead of kvetching about this person or that job, we took a moment and said our silent thanks for all the many blessings we have, those we notice and those we don't.
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