Happy, Thank you, More please.
Yup, I’ve borrowed the title from a cheesy movie. Gasp!
As a Spaniard I’ve never celebrated Thanks Giving day. But the more I think of it, the more I like it (if I proceed to thoroughly ignore the origins of the date).
This year i have finally been able to live in the present and that has been such a revelation. I was always striving to be elsewhere, doing more, doing better. But you know what? The place I am in now is enough, as in good-enough.
In this economic chaos (again, in Spain is practically economic Armageddon for all young people) I feel almost guilty to feel thankful. We have to stand up, we have to fight. We have to worry about dramas we didn’t provoke. But, in a way, we should be thankful that we ARE standing up. That we care. That we have been able to get together. That we are fighting for a chance. In a way, we should be thankful that we have been given an opportunity to wake up and make a difference.
That is a privilege and a huge responsibility. But not having such responsibility is a far worse option.
I leave you with this song that always reminds me of being thankful for now, with all its quirks.
Charlotte Gainsbourg “Heaven Can Wait” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
