Monday, December 2, 2024

Today I Give Thanks for Nature

 




Thankful Every Day 12-02-24

 

Ka-Ching!  Beep, beep, beep, buzz, buzz, buzz!  Yes, it’s Cyber Monday!  The internet’s answer to Black Friday.  Yet another reminder of marketing’s power over us all. Whether we like it or not. 

 

Marketing:  The triumph of imagination over reality.  “Buy this … and be in style.”  “50% off.”   “Now you can ….”  “For just….”  “Now only….”  “For today only….”

 

I am so thankful right now for the one thing that always keeps me grounded in reality:  The overwhelming beauty of Nature.  It’s hard to worry about what’s on sale when I’m outside in my garden or wandering around my neighborhood or a nearby park.  Just one fifteen-minute excursion outside, and I’m refreshed.  Nature’s deep massage for weary souls! 

 

Cyber Monday’s siren song has gone away.  Suddenly I’m missing out on nothing at all.

 

Today I am thankful for the natural world. 

 


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