Happy Thanksgiving!
I never realized how controversial that greeting could be until I entered the world of contentious grownups. Details aside about those controversies and contentions, I'm thinking of my own bent toward grumbling, quarreling, discontentment, and occasionally all-out-despair. I'm thankful for writers from previous generations who return us to being thankful for just existing. G.K. Chesterton comes to mind for lifting up my thoughts and affections: “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
May you enjoy that highest form of thought in the days and months and years to come!
