From: Tebiti Oisaboke

GOO;

Thanks a hip for wishing us a happy Thanks Giving Day greetings. In addition to what you said, I would like to add that:

Being Thankful is appreciating what you have and had

Being Thankful is being repentfull for your wrong doings

Being Thankful is not being too big to say I am sorry

Being thankful is not being stubborn and set in your ways so much that you can not forgive

Being thankful is no being selfish

Being Thankful is giving thanks to the God Almight by doing unto others as you would like others to do to you.

Being thankful is showing love and compassion

Thanks all and I too would like to wish each and everyone of you a Happy, Peaceful and Restful Thanks Giving Day!!

TOI

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From: geoffrey osiemo
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:02 AM
Subject: HAPPY THANKS GIVING EVERYBODY..

I have been reflecting on what “Happy Thanks Giving” means for an American and by extension those of us who have come here as immigrants. Indeed in this land there is plenty to be thankful for. Then a quote from Carl Jung (a mystic) comes to mind:

That i feed the hungry,forgive an insult, and love my enemy…these are great virtues.

But what if i should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me, and that i stand in need of the alms of my own kindness; that i myself am the enemy who must be loved?

What then?

May we learn how to be loving by seeing how unloving we are.

Thanks.

GOO.