When I was an extremely young child, Thanksgiving was a reason to paint your hand brown, stick it on a piece of contstruction paper, and make a turkey for your parents. It was an excuse to hype yourself up on sugar and carbs with family. I was a pint-sized package of energy, ready to bounce off of my grandparents' walls.
While I have always realized that Thanksgiving is much more than a stuff-your-face break from school, or especially, just a pre-emptive strike on Black Friday, it took me a good number of years to truly have the message of Thanksgiving land with a THUNK right in front of my eyes.
The thing about Thanksgiving is that it is nowhere near as simple as it is presumed to be. It is a time to be thankful, yes, but to limit it to that is a sin of its own kind. Knowledge not put into action does nothing. In a world of such infinite, earth-shattering need, complacent inactivity is as destructive as any intentional greed or malfeasance. For this reason, as well as many others, any person who has a mind coupled with such morals and knowledge cannot resign themselves to complacent living.
So, whether or not your turkey (or other entree of choice) has been carved yet and devoured, let your heart, mind, and soul consume the second half of this holiday's name: Giving.
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