Today we gather together with family and friends to give thanks for the what we have, whether it be much or little. Regardless of what you might think of Eckhart Tolle, the German-born spiritual thinker, I have to agree with him when he wrote in his 2005 book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose: “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” Despite the uncertain times we live in, when it seems that we as a people are recklessly casting aside the gifts afforded us as Americans, let us be thankful for what we do have and pledge to ourselves that no person or group shall deprive us of what is fundamentally ours as sisters and brothers in the human community.
Today let us give thanks for what is still good and promising - those things that bind us in the American experience; people, places, and events that exist regardless of one’s political sentiment. Let us build on our common bonds and renew our willingness to do everything in our power to insure that these are not usurped.
So let us give thanks today for what we have and what we share. “Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.”
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