It’s almost here. Are you ready for the feast? We’re blessed to be able to celebrate in any form we choose. I read The New York Times once a week. That’s enough to know the happenings. Then I look for other ways to gather information about the world. Again I say we’re blessed. Some families are traditional and enjoy celebrating in the same way every year. For others the holiday is never the same. Some don’t have family, and for them there is a smorgasbord of possibilities waiting. Should you find yourself alone this year, don’t be lonely, go out, find happy places, mingle, celebrate with strangers. Or, if you choose, be with nature. Another, altogether different way to celebrate is to stay home and be in the silence of the day. Whether celebrating with family, friends, acquaintances, strangers, nature, or in the silence, it’s a time to say thank you throughout the day for Life and for all that Life offers. Life, it’s fascinating; it’s challenging and often beautiful. How will you do on 23 November 2006?
“If the only prayer you say in your whole life is “thank you,” that would suffice.” -Meister Eckhart
“The most difficult thing – but an essential one – is to love life, to love it even while one suffers, because life is all. Life is God, and to love life means to love God.” – Tolstoy, WAR AND PEACE