Thanksgiving Day is one of my favorite times of the year.
There are preparations to be made for the day.
Now that I am older I realize there is ,also, a preparation time of my mind for Thanksgiving.
Really, it can, be three or four days of preparation.
So with thanksgiving less than a week away I am starting to prepare for this beautiful day.
The first element is "appreciation". To be thankful we truly have to have an "appreciation" and special meaning for the people and things we are thankful for.
Next we must be "grateful" for them. This is humbling to realize we have been given a lot. By knowing and receiving all these gifts in life we are not only humbled we are amazed by the awesomeness of it all.
Another part of thanksgiving is to have "joy" in seeing others enjoy the fruits of our labors. It gives us happiness to see their happiness. They may now have their own thanksgiving and we are happy for them.
The "appreciation", the "gratitude" and the "joy" are woven into the strong fabric of "love" All of this makes something beyond beautiful because it covers time, space and distance. It covers all situations, settings, family dynamics, family systems and even pandemics. It covers having "the good for all" and thankful efforts this outcome comes to be------time and time again.
We don't have to embrace or see each other face to face for thanksgiving to take place. Let us prepare with, appreciation, gratitude, joy and and love and continue living a life that works towards the good for all in any way we that can do so---- and have a---------- "HAPPY THANKSGIVING".
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