Turkey

I was just lying in bed, sitting here thinking about the day and what it means and what it ought to mean and what it never means -- And I thought I would just wish everyone a happy American Thanksgiving.

Don't eat too much (but I know you will), remember all the things you're thankful for (this could be good for everyone), and remember that corn and mashed potatoes and creamed peas and sweet potatoes do go well together.

But while you goad yourself with food -- remember all those in the world that can't. It would do us well to remember the ones in need while we have abundance. Maybe someday, it'd move us to change the world...

Even when we think we can't. Even if we don't "believe"...

Think anyway of the children. Of the hopeless. Of the helpless.
Of your brothers and sisters - so far removed, we hardly think of them at all.
Remember them today -- and be thankful you can change things.

Then, before you get caught up in doubt and self-pitty and the fear of Moses in each of us, go out and change them.

Then next year, when you sit around in some other place with family that feels the same but is different over the years -- you'll look back on the past year, and you'll have so much more to be thankful for.


-RaliKat