I've always enjoyed Thanksgiving in America, because it reminds everyone to be thankful. Just go to
any home on
Thanksgiving Day and you will meet people who are thankful --
thankful they have an opportunity, in this great country, to stuff themselves
with food. Yes, many people spend the entire day being thankful.
I wish everyone around the world could be just as thankful -- and not just once a year. There are many reasons to be thankful. Here are just a few:
Be thankful if you have food on your plate, if you aren't constantly hungry, if you don't lick your lips whenever you spot your neighbor's Chihuahua.
Be thankful if you have an unlimited supply of water, if your plants don't have to be that thirsty, if your children don't have to be that dirty.
Be thankful if you enjoy freedom of speech, if you can write a book portraying the president as a horse's behind, if you don't have to extricate the book from yours.
Be thankful if you have freedom of worship, if you can attend a church, temple or mosque without any fear, if no one stones you when you wear your "Elvis is king" T-shirt.
Be thankful if you're smarter than the average teen, if you can find Oman, Sudan, Kenya and Samoa on a world map, if you don't think they're parts of speech, as in: "Oman, I'm Sudan tired! Kenya give me Samoa water?"
Be thankful if you have health insurance or free health care, if you can see a doctor anytime you wish, if your doctor isn't sitting in front of a web camera in Bangalore.
