Oh goodness

I just could

NOT

resist this cartoon

as

I hear stories of folks

preparing for the

Thanksgiving gathers

and

the shopping

and

rushing

and

"doings"

all over our lands!

those

"Hallmark moments"

that are preparing to happen

just as momentous as "thawing the bird"

and

wondering

how many will

actually

take the time

to

be

truly

"thank-FILLED"

for all that is around them.

It is amazing to me

as

I've been on the phone with a dear friend

who is facing some pretty scary surgery in the next few days

and

with my best friend

and

listening to the stories of so many around

how very stressed people are/

then

I had the nerve to go out

and into my very own little community

to the store...

Where I listened to

the

"rudeness" of those in the

"service industry"

and

witness the "ugliness" of others in my community

as

they were out and about

doing whatever it was that was so very important

that the little things

like

"holding a door open for another"

was much to much to ask for or even think as just a casual but kind gesture.

I got an opportunity

to see

Moms be unkind to their children

in grocery stores

and

the

"I wants" get ignored in stores

while

the

"can I's" get filled up with abundance in other isles

and

I had to wonder...

And wonder I do

where is our kindness to each other in our communities

and

why does it seem so rare?

I can't help but feel perplexed

as

I join all of you as we are in the week

of

THANKSGIVING

and

I sit here and wonder.

We all want world peace,

we all talk about how great it would be if all people just got along,

but

yet in our own communities

I see such ugliness from those who go to the same grocery stores

and

visit the same places of worship

and

yet cannot extend simple courtesies to others in their day.

Have we become so busy, so self-absorbed

that we have forgotten

to smile when out and about along the way

of our day?

Is it too much to stand for a moment

and

hold a door for another?

A person pauses in line at Mcdonalds for an elder to back their car out;

only to have the car behind them laying down on a horn,

then to see the same car rush in front of them;

the guy jump out;

come storming to their window and shout every

profanity one could imagine while holding their pants up

and

shouting like a maniac

and

then

meeting the same person on the other side of the drive through

only

to hold their hand in the shape of a gun

pointed at the kind person as if to say

"you are dead"/

REALLLY???

What are people thinking?

Does this man have a mother?

And wouldn't she just be proud to know that her son

was

making such a display on an afternoon to a woman who was being kind to an elder, making her son have to wait 3 minutes before he could order his "happy meal"

or park his car?

And

speaking of people

of

service

and

of

kindness

and

extention of self...

when did extensions of self

go out of vogue?

Really being kind to another is never out of fashion

and

it is in the service of and to others that we all grow and bloom beautiful like the flowers

during the most remarkable of seasons.

Speaking of seasons

we are in the seasons

of giving

of

being thankful

of the time

when so many talk of going out

to those stores

where we see so many

in the business of

"service"/

so

it is time to let them know

that we are consumers

after all

and

we do have choices!

I am just amazed how many folks are out there

and

act as if it is a hardship to be polite

to those who purchase and shop at their businesses!

"Hello/Thank-you"

are easy for anyone!

and

I believe

if we remind them of those courtesies

perhaps they will use them more often.

REady

Set

Let's get to

THANKS

in

giving

and

BEING

today

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