Thanksgiving ala the alphabet

 

   

                Some time ago I wrote about being thankful for things beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Let me do the same thing for today’s world/ nation/ state/ county/ community/ home.

                A – America, of course, the first word that comes to mind. Americans must act out of a love for country and all who dwell therein and the world and its millions.

                B – Bees, for without them, experts say, our food supply will dwindle into nothing we’ve even thought about.

                C – Climate. We’re warned that before it’s too late, to stifle killer emissions and to ‘go green’. And I’ve just bought a new riding lawn mower, alas.

                D – Dictionaries, one of which I turn to a page per letter skimming until I find something I’m thankful for. I’m thankful to BBF Dot for giving me the one I use often.

                E – Environment: air, water, earth. May we be thankful enough to guard it wisely.

                F – Flowers, easy to grow, pleasing to the eye and to the environment, examples of dying only to live again in another time.

                G – Good Samaritans who see needs and attend to them with no thought of recompense.

                H – Hope—sometimes the only thing that seems to be left in certain situations of illness, death, destruction, obstruction or leaving your first-born at college as a freshman.

                I – Introspection, looking inward, naming emotions, wondering about things.

                J – Jocularity—joking; full of fun – A phrase often used by our last choir director, as in “Too much jocularity!” when we get off task.

                K – kinfolk or kinfolks—cherished (or not) family, relatives, especially during Thanksgiving.

                L – Linemen who keep our electricity flowing during hurricanes, floods and other bad weather.

                M – Michael Gerson, columnist, who died at age 58 of cancer and whose writings won over his readers.

                N – Nature, in all its meanings, especially the physical universe and its forces.

                O – Oxygen, especially bottled oxygen for those with breathing issues.

                P – Police officers. Oh, Lord, keep watch over them during these tumultuous times.

                Q – Quests: may we always be on one or another.

                R – Renewal—in all ways possible: personal, national, natural resources, recycling.

                S – Seasons of the year: spring, summer, fall, winter, each with its own story and glory.

                T – Traditions, such as Thanksgiving get-togethers.

                U – Unity—something to strive toward in matters of importance.

                V – Vision to see beyond our own narrow interests to those of the larger community, nation and world.

                W -- Writers, poets and philosophers who share their experiences with the rest of us.

                X – X-rays. They might discover problems that can be treated.

                Y – Yesterdays and the thoughts thereof that sometimes force us into something better.

                Z – Zinnias, those colorful annuals that defy death until the deadliest freeze.

 

Happy Thanksgiving. Giving thanks happily. Thanks for giving happily.

               

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