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Thanksgiving

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
~ Marcel Proust

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

by angela on November 28, 2008

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and [...]

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Thanksgiving Myths

by angela on November 27, 2008

MYTH: It was a solemn, religious occasion.
THE TRUTH: Hardly. It was a three-day harvest festival that included drinking, gambling, athletic games, and even target shooting with English muskets (which, by the way, was intended as a friendly warning to the Indians that the Pilgrims were prepared to defend themselves.)
More over at Neatorama.
Happy Thanksgiving!

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They made us many promises.

by angela on November 26, 2008

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.
- Red Cloud

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To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. –Eugene Cloutier

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