India and Thanksgiving
"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action." - W.J. Cameron
Today I acknowledge the troubling times in which we live. ..... And how gratitude fills my soul, while in so many areas around the globe - India, Zimbabwe, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan, others - being thankful means you and your loved ones surviving another day with even a scrap of food in your belly.
May we never become so preoccupied with the affairs of our country that we lose our compassion for those in far-flung regions of the globe. May we never cease to realize how fragile and blessed our lives here in America truly are.
It's past time for me - for us all - to get right with our neighbor, ourselves, our God. It is past time for divisive politics or thinking, it is past time to seize the moment and act.
Happy day and happy Season to all. May our eyes, minds and arms be forever open.
-mark
