Today is Thanksgiving Day in the US.
This is one of my favorite holidays, with just the right balance of secular and spiritual semantics, an all-American origin, and an extremely complex array of rituals which have developed “bottom up”, from the people.
For the record, we never eat Turkey on Thanksgiving (any other day is fine), we hand make a vegetarian harvest soup and I bake bread. Peasant fare, home made. Perfect.
The part I like is the giving thanks. Regardless of your traditions and beliefs about morality and sacred scorekeeping, it is wise for everyone to pause, realize what good fortune we may have had, and be grateful.
Expressing gratitude is also good for you.
We’ve made it to another Thanksgiving. We have each other.
Peace to you all.
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