I have honestly never liked Thanksgiving. It makes no sense to me. Sure, I like the food served on this day, but I resent the fact that people only think about what they're grateful for only one day of the year. Why not be grateful everyday of the year? Think about the Law of Attraction for just a minute, part of it working is to be grateful for what you do have in order to stay positive. So, by that logic, it wouldn't work if it's only one day of the year. It's also manipulative. People talk about what they are a grateful for right before the month they talk about what they're greedy for. Well, that's putting it negatively. Maybe it's a way to TEACH the Law of Attraction. Ha ha! You spend one whole month concentrating on the things you're grateful for, then the next month, you get everything you want. This Thanksgiving is also pretty sour for me. Today is Thanksgiving Morning (it's after midnight, here) and it is also marks the one-month anniversary of the day that my Grandma passed away. She loved this holiday. So, not only did fate tell me, one month ago, today, I would never see her again, it is also the first holiday without her. I am very grateful to have known her but just because today is a holiday named for gratitude does not mean that my gratitude toward her is somehow amplified. There's no magick gratitude dust flying through the air today. I feel the same gratitude today that I felt yesterday and last month and last year. I believe the holiday is just to remind wealthy people to stop being selfish, immature brats.
And where did this ridiculous turkey tradition come from? The first Thanksgiving did not have a turkey. It had fish and geese. So much commercialism is based on a turkey. The truth was that it didn't become part of Thanksgiving until 1857.
I am grateful to be alive during this holiday about gratitude. Enjoy your holiday, everyone. Be grateful everyday. Not just today.
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