But I finally understood the idea of thanksgiving: It is the day americans welcomed refugees from overseas !
LOL! And look what happened to them - succumbed to the will of the dominator culture.
Seriously folks, we all have more in common than we have differences. On this thanksgiving day as we deviate from our normal discussions, I'd like to express a bit of sentiment of what I'm thankful for.
We don't need the dominator mentality. It has served humanity well with ensuring survival of a fledgling species in a hostile natural environment where competition for scarce resources has been through might rather than right. However, there is no end to this game of dominator/dominated.
As we observe through history the rise and fall of empires, the dominators always succumb to their own success as the dominated become stronger and rise up to become the new dominator culture. It make me wonder if it could have been done another way, if there is another way.
So I gave thanks that:
We are all one race - the human race.
We all call the same place home - planet earth.
We all speak the same language when we show respect for others.
The most basic respect for others is to accept that each chooses one's own destiny. We all have something to share and all have something to contribute and we are all traders to the core. If we get it right, were on our way to the stars.
My wish for this thanksgiving day is that we get it right this time. Sorry if this was too long and boring.
Happy thanksgiving to all!