This Thursday is Thanksgiving – a day for family,
friends, food and football; a day set aside for expressions of gratitude and
acts of kindness; a day that in recent years has become a pre-run to the
craziest shopping day of the year – Black Friday; something that will not be
included in my holiday celebration. We all know the true meaning of the
Thanksgiving celebration and yet with all the hype and hoopla presented to us
in social media, on television and in newspapers and magazines, it can become
all too easy to let shopping overpower thanking.
As part of your family traditions, how many of you
go around the dinner table with each person expressing their reasons to give thanks?
In my family, we still do. When I was younger, I used to roll my eyes at this
tradition because I was painfully shy and afraid of saying something wrong; in
other words, the focus was on me. Maybe I also took my blessings a little too
much for granted. As I grew older and wiser, I came to realize how it is so NOT
about me and how important it is to openly express thanks for all the good in
my life and to the family and friends who make it that way. Thanksgiving puts
it all in perspective.
Quoting Margaret Cousins, “Appreciation can change
a day, even a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is
necessary.”
Happy Thanksgiving.
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by MJ Thomas
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