A Very Small Heart with a Lot of Gratitude
It’s a holiday week here in the U.S. Thanksgiving is coming! Some Americans believe Thanksgiving is celebrated to remember the Pilgrims or Plymouth Rock, or simply to stuff a turkey and oneself. Being small, being human and getting caught up in things we think we should do, we often forget what’s important. Gratitude is what it’s all about. What Thanksgiving is About Thanksgiving isn’t about Pilgrims, or a rock, or a turkey. It’s not just about Americans. In Korea, the harvest and thanksgiving celebration, Ch’usok, is in October. It’s called Thai Pongal in India, and it’s the Yam Festival in Ghana and Nigeria. Where ever you are, whenever and however you celebrate, be glad that this day (or one like it) comes around every year. It’s a reminder to give thanks, to enrich your life with gratitude. How can we look at our world and not see miracles? How can we look at each other and not see that at heart we’re the same? How can we be grateful for all the misery and strife in the world? I hope and pray that peace and plenty prevail, but in the meantime, here’s a bit of advice from someone who saw plenty of strife […]