"For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee !"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Making Thanksgiving Day Count
I love this day, I love everything about it, my wish would be to have every single member of my family around for a wonderful day finished off by sitting down together for a marvelous dinner. “Holy Crap” you say “that would be like some form of ritualistic torture in my family!!”
Our family is extensive with brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, grand kids, great grand kids from all 5 of my siblings. We have a big family that has what seems to be the unusual ability to get along, we don’t agree on all things, and have different views on politics, religion, raising our children, money, and pretty much any topic but, we know how to get together and get along. We don’t have to spend Thanksgiving Day convincing anyone that our opinion is the winning one.
Is most of our conversation guarded, maybe to some extent - So What, you don't think we know what works and what doesn’t work, each of us knows what it would take to stir the pot, create controversy and start an argument on any number of topics. . . we just choose not to.
"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future." Alex Haley
Many people would call this fake, or shallow, putting on airs. I call it respectful; have courtesy, being humble, I call it having gratitude. It is the reason Thanksgiving Day was start, it wasn’t to get together and get drunk, argue with that one family member you can’t stomach, or avoid getting together because “we don’t get along, all we do is argue.” What a bunch of self-center ego-driven, Crap.
Hello, wake up it’s not about you, it’s about giving thanks for ALL you have. And mostly it’s the perfect time for you and your generation to pass along the do’s and don’t of family to your younger members. What better day to teach gratitude, is there a better time to show cooperation, can you think of a more true definition of family?
I think this is an Art, Ya an Art Form and one that for some unconceivable reason may be quickly coming to a close. And I know the people most hurt by this Art Form dying away are our children, we are in the process of creating generations of kids that are becoming more self-centered with each passing year.
The saddest thing is that we have the best tool at our disposal to keep this from happening if we would only use it. . . FAMILY, and special days like Thanksgiving.
Put aside everything (especially your differences) for a day of Thanks, Love, and Gratitude be that special person that makes this day what it was intended for - Thanks for giving you the Family you have.
“To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius
Our family is extensive with brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, grand kids, great grand kids from all 5 of my siblings. We have a big family that has what seems to be the unusual ability to get along, we don’t agree on all things, and have different views on politics, religion, raising our children, money, and pretty much any topic but, we know how to get together and get along. We don’t have to spend Thanksgiving Day convincing anyone that our opinion is the winning one.
Is most of our conversation guarded, maybe to some extent - So What, you don't think we know what works and what doesn’t work, each of us knows what it would take to stir the pot, create controversy and start an argument on any number of topics. . . we just choose not to.
"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future." Alex Haley
Many people would call this fake, or shallow, putting on airs. I call it respectful; have courtesy, being humble, I call it having gratitude. It is the reason Thanksgiving Day was start, it wasn’t to get together and get drunk, argue with that one family member you can’t stomach, or avoid getting together because “we don’t get along, all we do is argue.” What a bunch of self-center ego-driven, Crap.
Hello, wake up it’s not about you, it’s about giving thanks for ALL you have. And mostly it’s the perfect time for you and your generation to pass along the do’s and don’t of family to your younger members. What better day to teach gratitude, is there a better time to show cooperation, can you think of a more true definition of family?
I think this is an Art, Ya an Art Form and one that for some unconceivable reason may be quickly coming to a close. And I know the people most hurt by this Art Form dying away are our children, we are in the process of creating generations of kids that are becoming more self-centered with each passing year.
The saddest thing is that we have the best tool at our disposal to keep this from happening if we would only use it. . . FAMILY, and special days like Thanksgiving.
Put aside everything (especially your differences) for a day of Thanks, Love, and Gratitude be that special person that makes this day what it was intended for - Thanks for giving you the Family you have.
“To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius
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