Thanksgiving

[Guest guest]

Perhaps the foods traditional to the Thanksgiving feast have outlived

their practical value .

many courses of heavy dense hearty food are not really suitable for

today's life.

We no longer need constantly fear famine. We no longer work from dawn

to dusk at hard labor. Most of us have heat, homes, warm clothing

and plenty of food all year long .

We have small families and most of us will see all of our children grow

to adulthood .

We have regular weekends off and vacation time . Not all of us have

relatives we want to spend large amounts of time with and usually we

don't have to live within a clan, or extended family setting in order to

survive.

Thanksgiving may for some be burdened with religious residue or

memories of oppression of others and or of ourselves. However stuffy or

stodgy or whatever the excesses of the holiday we do have people ,

places things to thank and be thankful for .

 

What remains valid and valuable when all the formalities and traditions

old and new are set aside is Thanks . Appreciation , gratefulness

is always appropriate . Whatever faith, path, religion, tradition

etc. you do or do not practice or follow , Thankfulness is a key to

personal happiness

Making every day a day of thanksgiving greeting the sun and the moon

and all that surrounds us with gratitude and appreciation .

Appreciating ourselves too, giving ourselves love and respect as well as

nature and all that surrounds us in totality . That is far more

important and valuable than the celebrations of a particular official

holiday .

I do wish you the happiest of Holidays

and Thank You for everything .

 

Peggy Jentoft

 

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