*there was a nice picture of a rooster here but I accidentally deleted it- Kristen *
This blog is for the young ones
amongst us!
I am going to take the decay of
Thanksgiving all on my shoulders. It has gone from being a day to give thanks
for all of the gifts that have been bestowed on us, to a day off of work (for
some) or school, so that we can recover from Thanksgiving eve parties and then
go out and shop your butts off. Now let’s go back to origins of Thanks Giving.
Your first reaction is the pilgrims and Plymouth rock, well you all know that
story, so I am going to go back a few years before that! I am going to start
with Judaism, where each year they celebrate their Psalm cycle known as Hallel.
Psalm 118 is the basis behind “O give
thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endureth forever” the cycle continues “who is rich? He who is
happy with his lot” or “When thou eatest
the labor of thy hands, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with
thee.” All this really means is
ha-sameach be-chelko, or in english one who is happy with his portion. So that is how it all started, one was
supposed to give thanks for what was given. “Labor of thy hands, and be happy
with the portion” or lot. Now lets us fast forward to 1959. There was no talk
of buying things, other than what was going to be eaten on thanksgiving. It was
a day when families sat down, and enjoyed a fancy meal, made by their hands and
spent time giving thanks for all of their abundance. Lets us move to 1989 that
was about the time where I saw a big change in our culture. We went from a
thankful, giving country to a society where we only were thinking of ourselves,
and how we could get over on the other guy. Tradition was a memory, we only had
faith in ourselves, we hoped for the new gaming system (ATARI) and the family
role model was Archie Bunker and Al Bundy. So let’s move to the year 2013, Al
Bundy, is still a role model, but is constantly being criticized because of his
old values, we hope for a new Smartphone so we no longer have to communicate
with anyone, and faith is a word that we have dropped from our vocabulary. Our
values are being shaped by celebrities, talking heads (not the band), and quite
honestly what do they know. I think you get my point, my message is simple!
Honor what has been given to you, yes strive to be your best, because that is
what was given to you, make you own decisions based on your values, not what
you hear in the media. This all means that we have to work hard, value and
respect hard work, and your needs not necessary your wants will be fulfilled. This
Thursday take the time and spend it with you family, put away the social media,
no texting, no face book, no blogs, just good old conversation with those who
you love. For their values, and your hard work, does pay-off in the end!
That is enough of the words of
wisdom, so here is a story. I was at WAWA and saw the strangest thing. In front
of WAWA there must be 20 gas pumps, but on the back side is a parking lot. So I
pulled in and there was a big green SUV stopped in front of the back door,
taking up 3-4 parking spaces with their flashers on. So I parked out in the
back 40, and as I was approaching he store, I saw a little old lady with a one
gallon gas can putting gas in to that monster. I felt really bad, because it
was pouring down rain ant it was really cold. As I approached her to see if I
could be of any assistance, some guy told me what she was doing. She was almost
out of gas, so she did not think she could make it around to the other side of
the store to the pumps, so she parked the car in the middle of 3-4 parking
spaces went in and got a gas can from the store, went out to the pumps put one
gallon of gas in the can, went back thru the store and back out to her truck
and put the gallon of gas in her truck. Now all that make perfect sense, but
what the guy was laughing about was she never turned her car off, and then
drove away! Takes all kinds..
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