Happy Thanksgiving American Style

I plan on spending my day marvelling at huge balloons floating through the Manhattan skies and I plan on watching a football game or two. This isn't my holiday, but gratitude is important and should be acknowledged.

For...

• The ability to live and love in the moment
• The small graces bestowed upon me and my loved ones 
• The completeness of the natural world
• The warmth of a good laugh
• The catharsis of a good cry 
• The genius of creative thought
• The wonder of presentation
• The blessing of talent
• The capacity to make choices
• The acceptability of failure
• The emotional release of a well-place F-bomb
• The gift of imperfection
• The potential of continuing education
• For difficult discussions and easy decisions
• For moral clarity
• Understanding of differences and acceptance of similarities

For all of this and so much more, I am grateful.

A song for the day. My all-time favourite non-Hebrew song about gratitude. It's worth spending a few minutes listening to exquisite beauty. Happy Thanksgiving.

Grateful
Music and Lyrics by: John Bucchino
Performed by: Michael Feinstein