Thankful

   It's Thanksgiving weekend, and my question to you is.... What are you thankful for?

Backstory...

   As a younger man, let's say 14 to 30 years old, I took EVERYTHING for granted. My job, my friends, my health, my family, my freedom, my relationships, my education, etc. I was invincible, the future didn't matter because I was young and bulletproof. Ohh to be young again......

   I look back now and realize just how lucky and naive I was back then. Now I am not saying my life was perfect, far from it, it is just that I never looked down the road to see the path I was on and where it was leading me. Then it happened, someone came into my life that made me think about the future and how important it was.

Today... 

 She has made me think about what I actually wanted in life and how even the most simple of choices can have either positive or negative consequences on your life and those around you. She showed me the future can't just "happen", that if you want something you must work for it and never give up. She taught me the value of family. Of friendliness. Of being good because it is right and actually easier then being bad. Of "the long game". And of course, Love.

   Yes, I am talking about my lovely wife Deb. My anchor, my rudder, my kick in the @%s when I need one. My purpose. My glue.

   So for all that is good in my life, all that I am currently thankful for, thank you wife of mine, thank you.



Side note...  

   Without her, there would be no Kody. Which means, 11 years ago when Kody started at Silent River Kung Fu, that would never have happened. Which means no you guys. I am very thankful that I get to know ALL of you.