Thanksgiving Day Isn’t Just A Turkey!

Thanksgiving day is not turkey! It never was, and never will be. And no, we don’t need magic wands in our lives, especially someone else’s. We just need ours and it’s called gratitude.

Nevermore than today has there been talking of gratitude. And the more we talk about it, it seems to me that there’s less of it. Except, of course, on social networks and in the “appeals” of life coaches who tirelessly repeat how important gratitude is. Why would the statuses on social media emphasize so much the importance of something that is an important part of our lives, unless we have forgotten it?! Or we never even learned…

And when it comes to learning, some say that the definition of gratitude is a positive feeling or attitude in response to the benefit expressed and that it is most often felt after a good deed has been done to us. Some psychologists point out that it’s only through gratitude that the initial awareness of gain is emphasized and increased. They believe that happiness can not only be a consequence, but also a cause. But they also point out another angle of viewing gratitude, as prevention of negativity and displeasure. She is a magical virtue, which sometimes changes us from the root, brings us more opportunities for gratitude and a lot of love.

Thanksgiving Day Isn’t Just A Turkey!

Gratitude Is The Essence

Gratitude is something that is learned while you are young, passed from older to younger, and nurtured throughout life. We feel it every day, it’s a part of us and the only way that helps us find a way to feel it in our heart, soul…

Normally, sometimes some other, negative emotions become primary in life. And they can be very useful and help us grow as people. So after we get sick, we curse, we endure after we get angry, we send everything to hell, one should be aware that something needs to be done about it. But gratitude is an indispensable segment of our lives, it is almost our essence. If we knew how much easier our steps would be with her, we would never live without her. But we don’t know. We do not know that it kills the weeds in us that is constantly growing, as well as our flaws, which we must never stop taming and plucking.

If we thought a little more and more deeply about the essence of Thanksgiving, we would realize that it is not and will never be the turkey that’s indispensable on our table. The turkey may just be the crown that we gather around, grateful for everything. And most importantly, we nurture the greatness of our love, attention, simplicity, togetherness, and great, immense gratitude. Gratitude for being where we are, gratitude that God has forgiven us for what we once did…

Thanksgiving Day Isn’t Just A Turkey!

What Did We Do?

Once upon a time… That’s how I would start this text, but unfortunately, I can’t. That’s how fairy tales begin, and what we did sounds the least like a fairy tale. And it started so nicely. We came to the soil of America, each for his part, and we were human. After that, we forgot a lot and did a lot of ugly things. Still, I am glad that we are returning to those beautiful times with this holiday. Before we strayed…

And we did a terrible thing. We have almost exterminated those who have received us with open arms and shown us that their country is not too small to receive us all. And there were many of us from all over the world… Some records say the opposite, but whatever the Indians were, did they deserve extermination and who are we to do that?! In the end, what does that say about us?! On this day, the Indians mark the “Trail of Tears”, to remember the crime that was committed against them.

The surviving members of the Indians think that we are hypocrites, because we celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving, and moves from our history, such as genocide against them and seizure of land, are all just not moves of gratitude. Instead of discussing historical facts and arguing over who was the first to celebrate this holiday, it would be better for us to understand the essence once again. The essence is simple. It is called gratitude in every sense of the word, especially to the people who are present in small numbers today on their continent and know well what we have done to them. And they lives with it.

Thanksgiving Day Isn’t Just A Turkey!

The Holiday Reminds Us Of How Small We Were… And Gratitude Great

The fourth Thursday in November is the official holiday of all Americans since 1941, when Abraham Lincoln declared it a holiday. What we need to know is that we celebrated it a long, long time ago, in 1789, on the recommendation of George Washington and the Congress.

The English immigrants, who traveled for 66 days and decided to celebrate equality and different cultures, are allegedly “to blame” for everything. Barely getting food, they were more hungry than full. And then the Indians helped them, teaching them to grow corn, vegetables… Celebrating their success, they celebrated with the Indians, who also had a wild turkey on the table. Celebrating the harvest and expressing our gratitude to it, this holiday was born.

And now, every fourth Thursday in November, we remember how important gratitude is, how important it is to celebrate equality, respect diversity, enjoy each other, grow and develop as human beings.

Thanksgiving Day Isn’t Just A Turkey!

Thanksgiving, And Than Black Friday – Nonsense Named After Black Friday

Also, it would be nice if we realized how unnecessary the day after this holiday is and forget about it. After such a wonderful holiday comes the next day, as we popularly call it “Black Friday”, in which we celebrate what?! Shopping, spending money, acting like there is no tomorrow…

Who thought of that nonsense?! Black Friday has nothing to do with shopping. It was created as a reminder of the frequent occurrence of absences from work on the day after Thanksgiving. Many wanted to extend the holiday weekend, avoiding work, inventing various excuses.

Now, it seems to me that a minor misfortune was a natural human desire to rest more time and spend time with dear people than this. Because when we look at what we are doing this day and how much we have escaped from our essence, the name black suits it…

Is learning gratitude with the help of commercialism necessary? It’s not. Point. It is more necessary to understand that this is, after Christmas, the most important family holiday, the essence of which is clear. When we look at what affects humanity, isn’t gratitude in life, today, our neighbors, clear in itself.

Thanksgiving Day Isn’t Just A Turkey!

And it doesn’t matter that more than 50 million turkeys are baked for this day, Thanksgiving day isn’t made just from turkey. Maybe it’s just tradition and beautifying the moment with the dearest people and fine emotions. And that’s nice. But certainly also gratitude for that party, for the property, for everything that life has afforded us. It’s thanks-giving.

And if we nurtured gratitude for just a few minutes a day, this day would be just the crown of that same gratitude, with all its charms. The charms are everything, material and immaterial, health, love, support, beautiful moments, respect, togetherness… And help to those who don’t have it.

It’s wonderful that about 88% of us celebrate this day, it’s just a sign that we have united in one wonderful thing. And that means that there is hope that we will essentially unite and understand in this percentage how important the essence is.

No, it’s not Thanksgiving Turkey, it never was and never will be. Everyone would forgive us for the turkey, but ingratitude, not so fast. And it doesn’t have as much to do with others as it does with us. If we were honest, we wouldn’t forgive ourselves.

That’s why that day should be the glory of something that has taken root in us, in the people around us and finally in this stumbled humanity, for which we are not sure if it deserves another chance. A chance to change his character, work… We must not forget that gratitude is necessary for happiness and success, that it strengthens the spirit, brings more reasons to be grateful, brings some warmth from within, which almost grows into beauty…

P.S. It was only today when I was a single mother that I decided to have Thanksgiving every day. Because I got rid of the burden of a bad marriage, because I am grateful for every moment with my children, because everything has taken on some new dimensions and life is no longer the same… We learn, if we want… and we change, also if we want.

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