Happy THANKSGIVING 26 nOV 2020

What is Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year.

How did Thanksgiving start?

Colonists in New England and Canada regularly observed “thanksgivings,” days of prayer for such blessings as safe journeys, military victories, or abundant harvests. Americans model their holiday on a 1621 harvest feast shared between English colonists and the Wampanoag. Canadians trace their earliest thanksgiving to 1578, when a Martin Frobisher-led expedition celebrated safe passage

When is Thanksgiving?

In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, as specified in a joint resolution passed by Congress in 1941 and a proclamation issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942..Since 1957, Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated in Canada on the second Monday in October.

Conclusion- My thanks giving message to friends and family

This year Thanksgiving is different as  nature wanted to test our resilience and threw COVID in the mix of our challenges – an unprecedented situation in modern history with complete “global lockdown” and it took us deep in uncharted territory, never experienced or imagined before. Then we all witnessed the miracle of humankind with our survival instincts triggered bringing the best out of our character and resilience when we reciprocate moral values with our friends and family  to  work  as one team. We heard and experience many stories that saved life and keep us connected as family

Thanksgiving is all about tradition and spending time with those we love. And while our celebrations may be a little different, I hope you’ll join me in taking a few moments to think about what we’re thankful for. I’m grateful for so many things – as I work as consultant and spend most time in travelling but this year  for the extra moments, I was able to spend at home this year, for the continued health of my family and friends.

Lets also take a moment to respect and recall that the land we celebrate this holiday is the indigenous  people’s land, wrongfully taken from them.

God blessing and motivation  year after year  from all of you to  provide us  positivity in our life. We would like to thank all our extended family  who helped us during  unprecedented COVID time  for marriage of our son Vinayak with Abby . Thanks, on believing and loving our family . We equally love you all with respect .It’s our honor to know you  all as our close family and friends. Surely, we might have something right in past that resulted in knowing you all and develop personal, professional and spiritual experience and association . We feel ourselves has acquired lot of wealth in form of true friends who not only helped us but defined the way  we think, act and  do our work . Your love and affection is engraved in our heart and act as  backbone  that motivate us to remain connected

Thank you for everything you do to keep an inspiring. I am truly honored to work by your side and continue to learn so much from the brilliance each one of you brings every day inspiring myself and all others around you. Let’s Hanumanji remain in our life who will be helpful and become our guide to  remove negativity and allow us to reciprocate positivity in our life.

Please take the next few days to connect with those who are most important to you (even if it’s by FaceTime, Zoom, or Teams) and recharge for the weeks ahead.

Addition on 24 Nov 2022

Through remembering, you gain a grateful heart. And then gratitude goes to work informing your faith, reminding you that you have every reason to trust God for the future. Gratitude looks back on the past to thank God—and then strengthens your faith to face the coming days with confidence

Thanksgiving and praise brings God on the scene, puts challenges in perspective, focuses your mind on God, strengthens your faith in Him and allows you to combat negative spiritual forces that come against you.

What is the power of Thanksgiving?
Gratitude changes our attitudes and our actions. It changes how we live. This is the power of living a life of thanks; of gratitude for our blessings, whether those blessings are great or small. This is the power of Thanksgiving.

The word thanksgiving means the act of expressing or feeling thankfulness. In other words, it’s the act of giving thanks for what you’re grateful for. This sense of the word is often used in a religious context. For example, a prayer of thanksgiving involves praying to express gratitude for the blessings in one’s life.

Valuable Life Lessons to Gain From Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving offers opportunities to learn and bequeath meaningful life lessons for peace, joy and happiness.

November can be a gray, cold and difficult month. Holidays can also make us sorrowful for what we have lost — loved ones, the warmth of summer, and/or activities. Lights and festivities can contradict the melancholic environment. Yet, you can manifest inner joy through the insight we get from understanding thanksgiving.

Look closely at the historical event that we celebrate to put the current situation into perspective.

After voyaging across the ocean and suffering a New England winter in the drafty and leaky ship, fewer than half of the original pilgrims survived to start life on the new land. Helpless, they pleaded for assistance. Their prayers were answered when a former English slave named Squanto approached the newcomers. From the Native American’s perspective, the Europeans evoked memories of predecessors who pillaged, enslaved and destroyed villages. Fortunately for the struggling pilgrims, the Wampanoag tribe put past troubles aside and helped the sect of newly planted Christian worshipers. As natives hosting immigrants, they showed the European settlers how to live in their land by sharing the secrets of their successes. “Thanksgiving” is the tradition of gratitude for receiving the support and caring needed to thrive.

The story of the first feast of Thanksgiving holds lessons of virtues that build peace.

Lesson #1 — Gratitude

In the harsh conditions and sorrow of losing so many loved ones within the past several months, the pilgrims focused on giving thanks. Their example of meeting potential hopelessness with a shifted perspective to appreciation is a gift for us to receive. Gratitude is the key to happiness. Giving thanks for life, breath, the food we eat and the friends we have are some simple ways to move the mind, heart and even biochemistry to a peaceful state. Give each other (and even young children) an opportunity to express what they are grateful for. Express your own appreciation openly.

Lesson #2 — Compassion

In the Thanksgiving story, need cried out for help and was answered with kindness. Compassion is a two-fold lesson we can learn and teach our children in the tradition of thanksgiving. First, have consideration for yourself in your situation by regulating your expectations and ask for help. Second, helping one another in preparing for the meal or volunteering at a soup kitchen are two simple ways to stimulate outward kindness. There are a variety of religious and cultural traditions that display caring for one another. Tap into a familiar practice of compassion.

Lesson #3 — Act in the present

Squanto may have had many memories to sort through, yet the strength of his compassion drove him to give vital assistance. This moment, now, is the beginning of a new memory. While past experiences may come into mind, such as “oh that sister-in-law is so critical” or unpleasant expectations, such as, “My uncle will probably drink too much,” focus on the here and now. You can imagine lifting yourself “a shade away” from what others do, like pulling your emotions out of fire engine red back toward a pastel pink. Then focus on the enjoyable aspects of the people around you and the activity you are doing now.

Lesson #4 — Tradition with Tolerance

In 1621, when European Pilgrims met Native Americans, two very different cultures came together to support fellow humans regardless of differences. Perhaps the pilgrims clasped their hands together with a Bible in their hands to say their prayers while the Wampanoag spoke prayers through the soil beneath their feet. Both mannerisms express the same action, while looking differently on the outside. We can become too accustomed to the small details of tradition that we get upset with different expressions. Build routines for yourself and children for familiarity, yet keep a non-judgmental attitude toward others. Learn and teach tradition along with tolerance.

Lesson #5 — Gather together

Necessity brought the different people together in Plymouth centuries ago, and thankfully so. The Mayflower Compact may have been inspired by democratic traditions of the Native Americans and became the foundation for our current democratic government. Coming together may be more significant for your life and others than you can perceive now. If you have distance between your loved ones, make a call or write a note. Create the opportunity to share your lives. Allow for different expressions among the individuals in the family. Value you own uniqueness and the expression of others. Teach your children the joy of community by your own model.

Useful links

https://time.com/5725168/thanksgiving-history-lesson/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/valuable-life-lessons-to_b_4344529

https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving

https://time.com/5725168/thanksgiving-history-lesson/

Message to members

Good morning, Radhe, Radhe Jai Shriram wishes you happy Nov 24 Thursday in USA its Thanksgiving long weekend a yearly celebration expressing our sincere gratitude being thankful being able to reciprocate positivity around us.

Today as we celebrate Thanksgiving, and it has made me reflect on all the things for which I am so grateful.

 I am especially thankful to each one of my family, friends, Guru’s, and anyone who helped me to show path for improvements in my life, Whatever I am today is dur to good blessing and guidance from each one of you. Thanks for making me think each morning what to write and then ignoring my ignorance, error, and incorrect perspective. Like anyone else we all can improve and change our perspective to think how we can be helpful to others and ourselves.

I wrote blog on understanding thanksgiving during Covid 2020 and updated today. Please and share your thoughts as we all need encouragement and improvements in our life. Let’s learning from Ramayana good moral values how humble and patience Shriram ji has shown and expressed HIS thanks to all people who helped him succeed like Sugreev, each vanar, Guha, shabri ETC. Shri Ram ji never discriminated anyone based on caste, religion, and status in life to express his gratitude.

सुप्रभात, राधे, राधे जय श्रीराम आपको यूएसए में 24 नवंबर गुरुवार को इसकी शुभकामनाएं देता है, यह थैंक्सगिविंग लॉन्ग वीकेंड एक वार्षिक उत्सव है, जो हमारे चारों ओर सकारात्मकता का आदान-प्रदान करने में सक्षम होने के लिए हमारी ईमानदारी से आभार व्यक्त करता है।

आज जब हम थैंक्सगिविंग मनाते हैं, और इसने मुझे उन सभी चीजों पर विचार करने के लिए प्रेरित किया है जिनके लिए मैं बहुत आभारी हूं।

 मैं विशेष रूप से अपने परिवार, दोस्तों, गुरुओं और किसी भी व्यक्ति का आभारी हूं जिन्होंने मुझे अपने जीवन में सुधार के लिए रास्ता दिखाने में मदद की, आज मैं जो कुछ भी आप सभी के अच्छे आशीर्वाद और मार्गदर्शन के कारण हूं। हर सुबह मुझे यह सोचने पर मजबूर करने के लिए कि क्या लिखना है और फिर मेरी अज्ञानता, त्रुटि और गलत परिप्रेक्ष्य को अनदेखा करने के लिए धन्यवाद। किसी और की तरह हम सभी अपने दृष्टिकोण को बेहतर बना सकते हैं और यह सोच सकते हैं कि हम दूसरों और खुद के लिए कैसे मददगार हो सकते हैं

मैंने कोविड 2020 के दौरान थैंक्सगिविंग को समझने पर ब्लॉग लिखा और आज अपडेट किया। कृपया और अपने विचार साझा करें क्योंकि हम सभी को अपने जीवन में प्रोत्साहन और सुधार की आवश्यकता है। आइए रामायण के अच्छे नैतिक मूल्यों से सीखते हैं कि कैसे विनम्र और धैर्यपूर्वक श्रीराम जी ने सुग्रीव, प्रत्येक वानर, गुहा, शबरी आदि जैसे लोगों को सफल होने में मदद करने के लिए अपना आभार व्यक्त किया और व्यक्त किया। श्री राम जी ने कृतज्ञता व्यक्त करने के लिए जीवन में कभी भी जाति, धर्म और स्थिति के आधार पर किसी के साथ भेदभाव नहीं किया।

निश्चित रूप से, हमारे पास अतीत में कुछ सही हो सकता है जिसके परिणामस्वरूप आप सभी को जानने और व्यक्तिगत, पेशेवर और आध्यात्मिक अनुभव और जुड़ाव विकसित हुआ। हमें लगता है कि हमने सच्चे दोस्तों के रूप में बहुत धन अर्जित किया है जिन्होंने न केवल हमारी मदद की बल्कि हमारे सोचने, कार्य करने और हमारे काम करने के तरीके को परिभाषित किया। आपका प्यार और स्नेह हमारे दिल में अंकित है और रीढ़ की हड्डी के रूप में कार्य करता है जो हमें जुड़े रहने के लिए प्रेरित करता है