Article November 19, 1990 Issue

This year's Thanksgiving

Nostalgia for the past needn't blind us to the good that is present with us right now.

Geraldine Schiering

It was the day before Thanksgiving. I was in the kitchen preparing food for the next day. My thoughts wandered back over past holidays. Savoring the happy memories of family gatherings, soon I was comparing the past to the present.

That particular year my family was planning to be alone. This was fine, I reminded myself. We had been alone on holidays before. Suddenly I realized, however, that my thoughts were dwelling far too much on the past. Almost aloud I said, "But I want this year's Thanksgiving."

My thought turned toward God; I felt a deep desire for a more spiritual sense of this holiday. I reasoned that there is one divine Parent of all, and that is God. In truth every individual everywhere is spiritual and is part of God's family. And this day could bring only infinite good, since God is perfect Love.

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