“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
After a week of planning for,shopping for and preparing for Thanksgiving, the holiday has thankfully come and gone.
Why thankfully?
Let me be seriously honest here.
I always spend way too much money food shopping for these big events.
Even though it's a day off, I work way too hard and end up exhausted by nightfall,not to mention I lose a day's pay.
There always seems to be an "incident" where some one says or does something so inappropriate that someone else or for that matter every one else ends up feeling uncomfortable.
I make too much food.
I eat too much food.
There are always scheduling conflicts.
I hate the commercial holiday hype that surrounds the day.
This year in particular,the holiday fell on November 22nd,overshadowing what for me was a seminal date in history,the anniversary of the assassination of JFK ( nary a word was mentioned).
And then there is the inevitable post holiday let down.
I can probably find a dozen other things that I find wrong with Thanksgiving,however,the bottom line is of all of the holidays on the secular calendar,this one is my favorite and I can't wait for it to come around again next year!
Shabbat Shalom!
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