This is the season of Thanksgiving. Not just the day, but the season. As Americans, we rarely see people walking around giving thanks for everything we possess and enjoy in this wonderful land: Freedom of speech, freedom to own land, freedom to drive a car, freedom to have a job and earn money and freedom not to work.
All these freedoms come as a right granted to us by the Constitution of the United States of America .
I challenge anyone who is unhappy with the way we live in America to visit a third world country and experience first-hand poverty, rule by authoritarian leaders, the lack of food to feed one’s family. I could go on and on with the list.
Rather than beat this point to death, let’s talk about what it takes to please God for the many blessings we are granted here in the good ole’ U.S.A.
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NSBNEWS.net is psyched to have Shane Porter on board, anchoring our Wellness page with his new blog, "Get Psyched." Porter is president of the Counseling Center of New Smyrna Beach. He will blog regularly on a variety of mental health and family and individual issues of concern to all of us.
Far left photo courtesy Tim Dillon/USA Today. Rob and Becky Haley attend a marriage education class taught by Ed Koplin at the Grace Fellowship Church in Timonium, Md. Koplin and his wife, Mary Beth (near photo), are holding a similar workshop here in New Smyrna Beach March 19-20 at the First Baptist Church of New Smyrna Beach. 
