Thanksgiving

The Observer is pretty darn thankful this Thanksgiving Eve.

Thankful for a safe place to lay the head, food security, and shoes on the feet. Thankful for a car that works pretty well, and a place to park it.

Thankful for a country free enough that I can have a blog, open to anyone who finds it to read, to express opinions and, with few restrictions, free to offer any opinion or view point.

Thankful that I can practice the faith of my choosing and freely assemble with others of like mind, knowing that we will be free to do it again the next week--or the next day if we want to.

Yes, my country has troubles, and it is going to take a lot of work to make some of them better, but it is a good country, full of smart, innovative, hard working people.

Not everything is perfect, but the possibility of change exists, and for this hope, I am thankful also. Somehow, the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr fits here.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change

The courage to change the things I can

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time.

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.

Taking, as He did, this sinful world

As it is, not as I would have it.

Trusting that He will make all things right;

If I surrender to His will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life

And surpremely happy with Him

forever in the next.

Amen.

May you all have a peaceful and blessed Thanksgiving celebration!