2006 - Happy Thanks-Giving

Dear Friend,

Soon it will be November 23rd - our nationally designated
Thanksgiving Holiday. What a wonderful way to bring
together Americans with diverse political, religious,
and philosophical inclinations and choosings.
To unite us in the spirit of thanks-giving.

Most of us realize Thanksgiving is not a uniquely
American custom. The giving of gratitude to a higher
power for the year’s harvest and for life itself has roots
based in the culture and religion of countries worldwide.
But did you know that seven nations of the world besides
the United States have official Thanksgiving days?
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Korea, Liberia, and
Switzerland also observe a national Thanksgiving day.
I learned Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving a long time
ago. However, I only recently found out about the other
countries when I visited the Thanks-Giving Square website.
Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas, was established in
1964 and serves as a national resource for America’s 200
years old thanksgiving tradition. Their website is a
reservoir of information about Thanksgiving in America
and worldwide. A link to the website is added below.

Thanks-Giving Square asserts their mission is “To offer
a place for all people to give thanks to God. To witness,
to celebrate, and to promote the value and spirit of
thanksgiving for both sacred and secular cultures
throughout the world.” This mission statement is one
each of us might embrace as our own. To do so may
encourage more enthusiasm for our own every day giving
of thanks to God. For our own every day witnessing,
celebrating, and promoting of the value and spirit of
thanks-giving in the world around us.

Maybe the dedication of self to the offering of every day,
heartfelt thanks for the good and love found in the routine
happenings of our life could lead us to anticipate more.
To find a larger measure of God's good and love where
we are right now. We may even discover that we each
have our own special bit of God’s work to do and to deliver
to those who share our every day life experiences. That
we are the here-and-now doers of God's goodness and
delivers of God's love.

When I look, I find so many doers of goodness and deliverers
of love in the my every day life. My heart overflows with
gratitude to God - and to you! Thank you for your friendship
and for your thoughtfulness. For being a vital part of my life.
For being a doer of God's goodness and a deliverer of Love’s
caring and kindness in my every day life experiences.
For encouraging me to do and deliver a bit of my special
somethings to the world around me. Thank you!

All best to you - always,
Pam

P.S. “In this life, we cannot do great things.
We can only do small things with great love.”
Mother Teresa

For a virtual visit to Thanks-Giving Square, use this link
http://www.thanksgiving.org/2world.html

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