This is my favorite holiday of the year. I think it is
because Thanksgiving comes without obligations. It allows us to pause and think
on the good things of life. Not just accomplishments but blessings maybe we did
not earn but have in our lives anyway!
Thanksgiving is a day to be with others who are important in
our life. Loved ones and wonderful friends. (Hopefully they are one and the
same!) It is a day, too, of good food; plenty of it; rich and filling. Comfort
food of family history. Same old recipes and menu? Maybe; but it is tradition
and all the good it conjures in our memory. It helps build our present and
future by transitioning the past!
At this time of year the seasons have changed. Maybe you
have snow already where you live, not so here, but soon! Warm and balmy days
have been replaced by crisp dawns and early evenings. Decaying leaves and lawns
prepared for a long slumber waft seasonal aromas that signal change. We prepare
for winter, even look forward to it. We contemplate Christmas and all of the
seasonal Holidays, and the coming New Year.
Thanksgiving is many things. Not just full stomachs but full
hearts. Not just comfort foods but comfort and rest. There are those who have
few close people in their lives; they are loners or orphans or hermits and
recluses. There are those who are homeless and hungry. There are those who are
sick and isolated.
As we remember our lives of plenty let us also think on
those who have much need. They too are thankful. Hard for us to think so, but
they have things to be grateful for. Maybe our paths will cross and each help
the other?
Meanwhile, enjoy the people in your life. Not things.
November 22, 2012
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