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Here in Canada we already celebrated our Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October ( October 13 this year) while the American Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November.
I don’t really know why our Thanksgivings are different date but perhaps being farther north, the harvest comes earlier - before the cold weather.
No matter where or why we celebrate Thanksgiving, it is a time to be thankful and grateful for the food the harvest has provided and the family and friends we have to share the fruits of the bounty.
Thanksgiving signals a time to not only gather around and share a scrumptious meal but to appreciate the blessings one has.
At my age I have much to be grateful but also have lost a lot along the way. Thanksgiving is not a time to dwell on losses but to raise the vibrations to joyfulness.
On my birthday my hubby asked me what I wanted.
I laughed and said,
“To still be able to put one foot ahead of the other.”
I am thankful for being in good health and not having knee and hip problems like many my age. Hubby and I like to play cribbage and many of the people at the card games have had hip or knee replacements.
A good friend is in palliative care at the local hospital with symptoms of COPD. A disease of the lungs said to be caused by a lifetime of smoking. The airways are becoming blocked and breathing is impaired. She is on oxygen 24-7 and as the disease progresses she is unable to do simply tasks such as walking or getting dressed.
Seeing a contemporary in this health crisis really puts things in perspective and is a reminder not to sweat the small stuff but be thankful for every breath we can take on our own.
Time is fleeting and as we age is seems to go faster. I remember wishing to be old enough to drive a car, graduate from school, leave my parents home, etc, etc.
Nowadays I don’t project wishes into the future but see every day as a blessing and I am thankful for the present. I read somewhere that today is a gift and that’s why it’s called the present.
The quote goes something like,
“Yesterday is history, over and gone; tomorrow a mystery; today is a gift that’s why it’s called the present.”
That’s what I am most thankful The Present.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Americans friends and may your present give you joy.
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