Today is the day set aside to do something we should do every day—give
thanks for all the blessings we enjoy just for being alive. Things that are
ours through no effort of our own. Things that should remind us that while the
world may not owe us a living, it provides one anyway.
I am grateful today, as always, for the alphabet.
The twenty-six letters, symbols, scribbles, given to us who use American
English have provided me a long life of education, employment, and entertainment.
Numbers and I do not get along. But the alphabet, and all that comes from it, is
an ever-present friend and companion. Just think of a world without the ability
to share thoughts, feelings, ideas, knowledge, and more through a written language.
It is beyond contemplation.
Despite the occasional quirks and complications inherent in using
our alphabet, and despite the hatred, lies, and cruelty some fashion from it, I
am thankful today for the wonder of the alphabet and the many miracles it
lavishes on my life.
I hope I remember that tomorrow.
