Category: Blessings

All ToiBox articles about blessings, from sunshine to family… As of October 2015, these individual posts are no more and have been combined under the About Me label.

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Count Your Blessings 20: Clothes

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Clothes

This probably sounds a little vain, but it’s not. I’m not talking high fashion here; I’m talking basic necessities. After food/water and shelter, people do need clothes. When you leave the safety of your shelter, as humans, we need coverings to protect our bodies against the elements. Sunburn and wind burn are real things and can lead to cancer and other topical infections. Hyper and hypothermia are also real dangers when not controlled.

Clothes are a blessing because they cover us based on our needs. This is not the age of “cavemen” where everyone gets a designated animal skin to where through sun, rain, snow, etc… People in the tropics probably don’t buy or make a lot of wool coats and people who live in the frozen tundra probably don’t buy or make a lot of bikinis. I am blessed to not have to constantly adjust the length and thickness of a long cloth I’ve wrapped around my body for cover. I’m blessed to have articles of clothing such as, underwear, pants, shorts, shirts, jackets, sneakers, boots, etc…

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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Count Your Blessings 19: Sleep

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Sleep

If you’ve ever suffered from extreme insomnia and seen the effects that a lack of sleep causes the body, there’s no need for me to explain the importance of sleep to you. I think a lot of people take sleep for granted. It’s a natural process for people; everyone does it, but what happens if you can’t sleep or worse, you are kept from sleeping.

I currently live in a part of the world where you are taught to get six to eight hours of sleep a night, but what about people who live in places where sleep only comes after all the work has been done. Not everyone in the world gets that much sleep, even if they should. I’m blessed because I get to sleep for hours at a time without worrying about when or how I’ll be awakened.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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Count Your Blessings 18: Farms

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Farms

I adore gardens and to me farms are just big gardens, but of course, they usually also come with livestock.  You can’t feed the people of the world without farms no matter how advanced our technology gets.

There are all kinds of farms, but unfortunately, farmers aren’t giving the credit and respect they’re due anymore. Farming is a lot of hard work and unless you have a specialty product, most governments aren’t willing to pay much for your efforts.  Still, to be able to live off the fruits of your labor, to some, beats working in an office.

I’m blessed to live in a world that’s still in good enough condition that farms are able to sustain themselves, even though it’s not as easy as it used to be.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords