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Thanksgiving!

Yes, today is turkey day.  Today is eat something you probably normally do not eat everyday, or even often…unless you shop at Bristol Farms where they seem to offer it everyday!

Today is a day that many discard those New Years workout resolutions of getting fit and living healthy!  But let’s be real, most people never last on those resolutions for more than a month or two anyway.  Life often gets in the way.

There is much to be thankful for, let’s look at a few points:

• You woke up this morning…each day you get is something to be thankful for.  If you are going through hardship, today is another chance for good to come to you.  Look at it in that way, have faith, and make…yes, make it happen!
• You likely have a family to celebrate with, that is something good.  If you do not, there is likely some community resources out there where you can join with others with a similar hardship and get food, comfort, and fellowship.
• If you do not, well you have my daily and nightly prayers that God, yes, I said God, will bless you and provide!  If you have issues with a Higher Power, well, get over it…I pray for you to be blessed by my Higher Power, God in all forms.
• Most of my two followers…(I am being optimistic here, there may only be one of you) you live in the greatest country on the planet.  Yes, America is still and continues to be, the greatest country on the planet.  Perfect, certainly not, but pretty darn closer than most anywhere else on the planet.  And yes, I have lived and worked in a lot of those other places.  All nice, good, or great, but not like America.  No offense intended for those of you in those other places, your pride in your country is valid and is honored, be proud.
• At present we have no reports of sick turkeys out there, so eat hearty today…workout tomorrow.
• It is cold some places, warm in others, mild overall in most.  It is a good day!
• If you have an available loved one nearby, you have a great opportunity to reach over, take them in your arms and give them hugs, kisses, love, and appreciation.  You never know when they, or you, wont be available to have that moment of appreciation and affection again, seize the moment… 

• If you live somewhere other than a big city, appreciate this…

If you don’t currently live in a place where hate, crime, social deca and divide rule the day…you are blessed.  Work in your community to keep it that way.  And stay there!

We here in America are struggling with our issues…

I’m right (correct) and you are wrong!

Everyone is a racist, everything is offensive, some people matter and others not so much, we eat our young, like animals in the wild! 

Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t have to be that way, but is seems to be.

So, what I wish for you, what I pray for you is…

• that you are blessed on this day…
• that you live under a secure roof…
• that you have family and friends by your side…or people you are making family and friends…
• that you eat hardy and to the point when you are satisfied…
• that you think good thoughts and do good acts…
• that you view life for what is good, possible and best for yourself and all others…and do acts in support of that…
• that you offer blessings to others…
• that you find your place of worship, attend and send good out into the world…
• that the next thing you hear or see that you do not like, you find a forgiving way of addressing it…as long as no one is harmed…

This is not a perfect world, you don’t live in a perfect place, the solutions and answers are not always clear and universally agreed on, but we do have today, maybe tomorrow and beyond.  We should assume that to be the case, and make for a better world.  It is ours to choose and ours to be done.

Happy Thanksgiving all!