My Thanksgiving Day Message
by What is the true message of Thanksgiving? Recognizing what we value and being thankful for it sets the tone for the unfolding of our Divine purpose.
I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it is a time of family communion and recognition of how blessed we truly are. It is the one holiday that recognizes the help that our Native American brothers and sisters gave to the original European settlers.
We have a great deal to be thankful for in the USA. We have benefitted from the bounty of this great land and have brought together people from all over the world to enjoy our wealth and prosperity. We are all immigrants or are descendants from immigrants in this country. The legacy we bear is that we all seek and value freedom and liberty. We recognize civil liberties and uphold them as individual and collective rights for every citizen.
We are all brothers and sisters from many walks of life that have joined in a chorus that makes up this great nation. We might not always agree on what to do, but we agree that this is a land of opportunity.
On this Thanksgiving Day let’s reach out to all and lend a helping hand to our neighbors. If you have more than enough, then share what you have with those who have less than you. If you don’t have much, then donate your time to help your family, friends or neighbors. If you have nothing, then be thankful for your life and the awareness that you have.
No matter where we are in life we can find something to be grateful for and make the steps to give by contributing to the betterment of all. Having gratitude is not just a static state where one day a year it is celebrated; it is an ongoing attitude that blesses your life each and every day.
Give thanks for the family and friends you have. Give thanks for the home and vehicles you have. Give thanks for the job and income you have. Give thanks for your health, the food on your table and the rights of liberty you have. Give thanks for resting, waking up and the very next breath you take. It is all transitory.
Give thanks that God is at the center of your life and loves you for who you are. Start each and every day by saying, “Thank you, God!” and your entire life will be blessed. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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