A thought for 11/26/2012

My thought for today is that of HOLIDAY. What does holiday truly mean in its purest sense. My thoughts lead me down many roads when I think about the word Holiday and its meaning. Of course Holy day and time off of work also comes to mind. Though I think that the actual meaning of each day is lost somewhere between what must get done during a holiday and what I would like to see happen during a holiday.

I'm not a big Thanksgiving person... never have been. I'm not a big eater so I don't look forward to stuffing myself all day with tons of food. This year I was feel some kind of way about Thanksgiving. Usually I have an anti-Thanksgiving way of being due to the multitude of deaths the Native American people experienced on that day yet it is so how celebrated but not this year. I was lead down the road of making each day your own way of thinking. I have been fighting and bucking the system for so long, it seems that I've lost myself within it somehow. I have been consumed with the lack of compassion that my passion is often to fight what is. Knowing this I realized that I have the power within me to create my own understanding of a HOLIDAY. I could take that day and reflect on the evils of the world or I can take that day and create one that is conducive to my way of thinking/being at that time.

I started to think what could be accomplished on a day where I do not have to work, my child is out of school and most people are preoccupied with family. My daughter is now 14 years old and spending time with her is precious. I would love to be able to do something constructive with her every year that is not based around eating. Scrap booking and crafting came to mind. I am thinking that in years to come her and I will make cards, gifts and scrap book on Thanksgiving. Making thanksgiving more about giving thinks rather than receiving thanks. It would also be a great time to set goals, intentions and aspirations for the next year. And since we have to eat we could cook something together that is new and exciting each year.

I give thanks daily and hope my daughter see and will reflect that but if not one day out of the year would not be all that bad to reinforce what I believe to be true.


I realize that while what happened is wrong my personal fight against what had already occurred only made it that much worse for myself. I am more about the ABUNDANCE conversation then the LACK conversation. In keeping with that sort of spirit I say.......

Next up.... Christmas..... which I have not celebrated in over 20 years.