What To Do

Theoretically, at least judging from the behavior of people these days, Thanksgiving should be an obsolete holiday. Our lives suck, we have no friends, no one to love us, and our country is doomed. Maybe it's a slight exaggeration, but if we stop and take a look around, it's what we see - it's the norm. Regardless, I've taken it upon myself to make sure that Thanksgiving sticks to its mission statement for at least one more year. However, in order to do so, there has to be some cooperation on your part. Here's what I need you to do: I need you all to take a break from the despairs of average living (whether you're a deprived teen or a going-nowhere adult) and let Thanksgiving do it's job. That's all. It's really not quite difficult. I know, it's hard to thankful for a lonely existence, but if you're not thankful for it, then don't think about it. For one single day, take the time to thank your lungs for giving you life. Thank your brain for giving you thought (whether it be educated or stupid is not my call). Thank your family for giving you an opportunity, in birth, to do something with your life - to have life. There are so many things that we fail to see that make the bread and butter of Thanksgiving. We just don't take the time to notice them.

It's become the American tradition to take things for granted. Who cares what freedom really costs, who even knows? We never quite understand that tomorrow could evade our eyes. The sun could easily sink beyond the horizon and never arc back to greet us in the morning. If we'd become a little more conscious of our own mortality, we'd have a lot more for which to be grateful. We wouldn't waste our time arguing and fighting and ignoring one another. Nor would we busy ourselves with the expectations of everyone else, or the business of everyone else. What purpose would there be in doing so? There'd be no need to plan for the future, to fight and expect time to heal the wounds. The truth is, friends, time slips away unnoticeably until the stark contrast of night and day fills the sky and we don't know what to do. We only have so much - time, that is, and it would foolish to let it rampantly tear us apart. Be thankful, friends, for knowing that time isn't always on our side - in fact, it's our bitter enemy. In fact of that fact, I'm probably wasting it right now. But, to spread a little light you have to take a little darkness, that's what I always say.

I apologize for so abruptly ending this message, but there's turkey to be shared and love to be eaten (or something). I leave you now with a quote from the long dead sage, Joseph Sean Moylan.

"Time sucks, so make the most of it."

Happy Thanksgiving.