I chose not to post anything on Thanksgiving Day, partly because I figured there was already quite a lot of gratitude being thrown about. For me, every day is Thanksgiving Day. I am constantly trying to be in the consciousness of gratitude. I am constantly trying to be aware of everything that I have been given in the moment. Even the moment, itself, is a precious gift. I sometimes forget to be aware, especially in moments of busy-ness, but even if the awareness comes a bit late, it's still awareness.
Remember, after 9/11, all those flags flapping off seemingly everybody's car? There were flags everywhere. Where are they now? It was a bandwagon mindset. It wore off over time. Isn't it somewhat like that with Thanksgiving Day? We get all geared up. We eat our big meal, we say our "Thankses," and the next day we're back to our former state of consciousness - expressing gratitude only occasionally. How about this year, we start a Thanksgiving Day Resolution? Who said they were exclusive to the New Year? How about staying in a state of gratitude, every day? How about looking for things to be grateful for all day, every day? It's a good technique for crowding out negative thought patterns, like worry, anger and victim mentality. Whenever an ungrateful thought comes along, why not chose to be thankful for ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, instead? There is always something you can be thankful for. If you focus on that, you'll crowd out negative thinking in no time flat. There won't be any space left for it. Now, wouldn't that be something to be grateful for?
Humbly,
Alan
P.S. I wouldn't recommend you make eating turkey every day part of your resolution.
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