I know its been a while since i have been on here…so its getting to be that time of the year when all the lights and christmas trees go up and people are sitting around the fireplace drinking hot coco and cider, and everybody is laughing and so cheerful and filled with the christmas spirit and we get to see family and we are so filled with joy…but heres the sad truth….not everybody gets to do those things…infact a lot of people don’t even know what that looks like. I was sitting in my chemistry class and all of these kids from beta club were bringing in shoeboxes filled with presents a.k.a. operation christmas child…and some of the kids in my class were saying things like “oh you bought me a present” or “who wants toothpaste and a toothbrush for christmas” and this frustrated the life out of me…and it made me realize how much we take for granted…these kids who are getting these shoeboxes that will be the only thing they get for christmas…not the newest car…or maybe complaining because they didn’t get what they wanted….or the newest ipod…what they simply want the most…is LOVE….and they are sooo grateful for what they get in that shoebox…. so i challenge you…take a little less this christmas, so you can give a little more. Just look around…the mission is so great…but with the help of each person…we can accomplish it little by little.

Somedays we forget
To look around us
Somedays we can't see
The joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for

Look beyond ourselves
There's so much sorrow
It's way too late to say
I'll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It's so long overdue

So for tonight we pray for 
What we know can be
And every day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for

Even with our differences 
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each other's light

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for 
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though this world needs so much more

There's so much to be thankful for

-josh groban, thankful