Happy Thanksgiving
To my American family and friends, may this Thanksgiving be filled with your celebrations of being with each other, a shared traditional meal and other family traditions you have established over the years,
I shall be reading the passages about the first couple of Thanksgivings from Bradford's Journal as is my tradition for remembering the American Thanksgiving. I will be reliving my seasonal experiences in New England . Once again, I will remember the kindness, joy and good cheer I shared with friends in those years as they included me and my family so often in their festivities.
We Thank Thee
For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
For blue of stream and blue of sky;
For pleasant shade of branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
For each new morning with its light
For rest and shelter of the night
For health and food for love and friends
For everything Thy goodness sends
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
~~Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882
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For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
For blue of stream and blue of sky;
For pleasant shade of branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
For each new morning with its light
For rest and shelter of the night
For health and food for love and friends
For everything Thy goodness sends
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
~~Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882
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8 Comments:
We need to remember, Philip, whether we celebrate Thanksgiving in October or in November, that we have much for which to be thankful.
Thank you for the nice wishes on our Thanksgiving day, Philip.
I, too, spent many years in New England and the Thanksgivings were special there.
For some reason I thought you were American and had migrated to Canada but I see it's the other way around ... whichever it is I'm glad we've met through our blogs.
Philip,
So nice to find you again. It's been a while. How are you? Drop over to the Writing Nook if you have a chance and say hi.
Blessings,
Mary
Thank you, Philip. And yes, I did enjoy an 'eating good time' but now am in pigmisery. There is a Christmas song that says "If every day could be just like Christmas". I forget who sang it but I like it so much. Now I think "If every day could be a day of thanksgiving", what joy that would be. The world is in need of much joy.
I love Thanksgiving for many reasons--but one of those reasons is that this is one holiday which doesn't have an overtly religious reason for existing.
Its simplicity is compelling--except, now commercialism is creeping in with stores opening earlier and earlier.
That is beautiful Philip. Thank you for posting such lovely thoughts and words. Many blessings to you and yours. xoxo
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