November 24, 2005
Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving
I am thankful to have so many dear friends that surround me with warmth and enthusiasm
I am thankful for having many great teachers -- not the least of whom are those that I think I am teaching
I am thankful for my smart, funny, industrious, creative family
I am thankful that I have a multitude of projects to amuse myself through my old age, and pleased to have learned enough new skills to be able to play with them.
I am thankful to be in good enough health
I am thankful to have abundance in my life
I am thankful to have discovered optimism, or at least the ability to concentrate enough to soothe my adddled brain into an optimistic place in less than ideal circumstances
I am thankful to the Bush administration and neoconservatives everywhere for providing me with less than ideal circumstances, so that I can practice optimism.
I am thankful for the awakening that is taking place in this country about the futility of war, the evils of greed, and the misuse of power
I am thankful for Ariel Sharon's change of heart/strategy
I am thankful that thieves are being prosecuted, and that an administration that has been so damaging to the earth and to mankind is being exposed to the light
I am thankful that the earth is showing us how much distress she is in, just before it's not too late to make changes in our behavior toward her.
I am thankful to have discovered the vast expansion of consciousness that the internet offers, and to be able to maneuver my machinery around enough to get to most of my intended destinations in cyberspace (and to land on such interesting unintended ones).
I am thankful to be able to laugh so much
I am thankful that since I know how to cook the turkey, I wont' have to do the dishes.
Photo note: Shot this jolly group at the farmstand after I picked up my turkey. They looked a bit like pilgrims, well, okay, pilgrims with caroling books. When it gets light, I'll try to take a photo of my mum turkey. It's jollier.
As promised. This was a gift. An example of something better shot than manifested.
