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My friend Clay Primrose who is a executive consultant sent me a this inspirational message about Thanksgiving. It made me really think about my life and all I have to be thankful. I do see a lot or people who get depressed on this Holiday because they focus on the things that aren’t going well in their life.

Two  funny things about people occur to me on this Thanksgiving break–

One–they usually are thinking that whatever’s going on, IT’S ALL ABOUT THEM.

Two–Their attention can get so focused on barriers, losses, bad things to the point where they no longer see their freedom, their good fortune, or the good things that might be happening.

Neither one is true or accurate perception.

The universe doesn’t really have a center called YOU.  It’s a big unfolding play and we all have bit parts.  All we can do is play our part the best we can.  But it is certainly not all about you, that is for sure.

It’s healthy to take your attention off the barriers, the stops and the losses–and look around–even if you’ve been getting hammered lately.  Notice your freedoms, notice the things you are thankful for that didn’t have to be and notice the good things in your life and think about the good things that might be yet to come into your life.  Quickly one sees it actually isn’t as bad as maybe they were thinking.

I guess it’s just a bit of laziness.

It’s a lot easier to see what’s going on with you than what’s going on with other people and how the world looks from their point of view.

It’s a lot easier to see what’s bad for you right now than what you should be thankful for and what good might be just around the corner.

So these are things we should talk about over a beer or a soda with friend to help each other out with these two things.

Now here’s a documented fact:  People are healthier, happier and live longer in the company of friends.