Thanksgiving Spirit Is Getting To Me
A different way of looking at our joyous holiday tradition
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, hands down, with plenty of love and food to go around. It is a special day, a special frame of mind, but actually, we should be grateful and in the Thanksgiving mood all year round.
There is so much to be thankful for! We live in the best country in the world, with all its flaws and imperfections. On Thanksgiving, we have a once-a-year special day to express our love with all of our family, many of whom we haven’t seen in years.
We have technological marvels at our disposal on every hand, in the fields of medicine, hospital care, educational facilities, aviation, research, and development. Our economy is strong and vital and growing daily.
We only need to be able to tap into the spirit of joy and gratitude that abound on this special day of Thanksgiving to extend the same good feelings of joy and love to everybody every day.
Our country is rich in minerals, fertile farmlands, and fresh water. We grow our own food, and we share it with the world.
On Thanksgiving, we share more with our immediate family, extended family, friends, and significant others in gratitude for all that we have.
We share it with the less fortunate in soup kitchens and food giveaways, in providing shelter and counseling to all who need and want it.
But why limit it to one day? We have the capacity to express our joy and gratitude year-round if we just put our minds to it.
This is a time of transition in the world. Things are changing.
There is a shift in perceptions, a rising tide of optimism in the ability and glory, the grace and magnificence, the transfer of power and sharing of all our world’s many bounties to every human being on the planet.
If we only decide to collectively unite and cooperate instead of fighting and squabbling over petty disputes about borders and boundaries, greed and hoarding, power and poverty.
It is all up to us, each and every one of us. We must consciously decide to make the choice and reap the rewards of international cooperation and share the wealth of the world in a much more equitable fashion.
There is no need for people to suffer from droughts and floods, hunger and poverty, death and despair just because of where they were born and live.
A redistribution of wealth and resources would ensure that every single person, the whole mass of suffering people across the globe, would be able to benefit, grow and prosper.
The infinite capacity of a united world would reap unimaginable benefits for everybody now living and those yet unborn.
It won’t be easy. In fact, it will be difficult but it is not impossible. We need to be willing and ready to make the sacrifices and change our mindset to a wider and more inclusive point of view.
We must embrace our oneness, and recognize our similarities instead of focusing on our differences.
People are the same, all over the world. Some are blessed with more natural resources, wealth, and material advantages than others.
Perhaps John Lennon said it best in his great song, “Imagine.”
“Imagine all the people living life in peace…
No need for greed and hunger, a brotherhood of man…
Imagine all the people sharing the world
And the world will live as one.”
It can be done. It should be done. We can do it. We are all connected…
