warning: This post is a bit of a rant on Black Friday Campers, but it turns out pretty good in the end.
thank·ful
[thangk-fuhl] adjective
feeling or
expressing gratitude; appreciative.
OK, so
then what does grateful mean?
grate·ful
[greyt-fuhl] adjective
1. warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or
benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
2. expressing or actuated by gratitude: a grateful
letter.
3. pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable or
welcome; refreshing: a grateful breeze.
So much
of thanksgiving seems to be overlooked these days. Can you believe that people
started camping out for Black Friday sales on Monday morning? Um hello!?! Are
you gonna leave your post to celebrate the NATIONAL holiday tomorrow? Or just celebrate
the holiday from your tent on the sidewalk!?! Or better yet just skip the holiday
altogether?
That makes
me wonder and frustrates me a bit too! I don't think a good deal is worth
camping out for, fighting for in a store, or sleeping on a cold, hard sidewalk
for. This is my opinion and it may upset you, but I feel that a NATIONAL
holiday is meant to be spent actually celebrating what the holiday was intended
for. In this case the holiday is thanksgiving, a time when we express our
gratitude and thankfulness. The above mentioned definitions clearly state that
it is a time "accentuated by gratitude." So, does one who sits on a
sidewalk waiting for a store to open have a life accentuated by gratitude? It
seems like it would be the contrary. It would be a life accentuated by greed
and want.
These
are the thoughts that run through my head as we head into yet another holiday
where the news porters are quick to report on the shopping trends that we as
Americans have.
So with
all that said, I am thankful for much and I am striving to live a life
"accentuated by gratitude."
Happy
Thanksgiving Eve!
All definitions were found on Dictionary.com
