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Is Thanksgiving able to comfort you? Does this holiday bring you comfort by recalling Thanksgivings past? Are there smells of food, familiar surroundings, stories told of earlier times and people? Does this holiday bring you dis-comfort by recalling fights around the table, too much alcohol or just awkward family dynamics? In a way, there is no them to continue to create these experiences. There is only you. After all, you are the creator of the smells and the constructor of the surroundings. You are the earlier time for those who will have thanksgivings after this one. Your predecessors probably did not say, "I will create a Thanksgiving that will live in the hearts forever for all who were here!" They just gathered, cooked, served and were present as themselves. You can't set out to create that kind of Thanksgiving. You can infuse the time with gratitude, love, humility and yes, even soul. You can be someone who will touch hearts and provide light for the generations to come. Will gratitude come just a bit easier for others because of you this year? Will you bring yourself and your gifts to this wonderful holiday that is able to comfort so many, for so many years to come?
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