India and Thanksgiving
"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action." - W.J. Cameron
I intended to drop in here and say exactly that, but I have to confess I'm a little taken aback that there is no mention of India anywhere on the home page.
Are we so preoccupied with the affairs of our country that we have we lost our compassion? Growing up as I did in the 70s and 80s, that used to an oft-echoed critique of our Republican-led country. Do we truly realize how precious a commodity life is, how precious is our own station in this United States of America?
Today I acknowledge the troubling times in which we live. ..... And how gratitude fills my soul, while in so 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.
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.
I intended to drop in here and say exactly that, but I have to confess I'm a little taken aback that there is no mention of India anywhere on the home page.
Are we so preoccupied with the affairs of our country that we have we lost our compassion? Growing up as I did in the 70s and 80s, that used to an oft-echoed critique of our Republican-led country. Do we truly realize how precious a commodity life is, how precious is our own station in this United States of America?
Today I acknowledge the troubling times in which we live. ..... And how gratitude fills my soul, while in so 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.
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.
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To be fair, there is a link on the TPM home page and it's been there for quite some time.
But yes, we should all give thanks for living in a North America where sudden, irrational death is such a rarity.
November 27, 2008 11:53 PM | Reply | Permalink