My suggestion for Thanksgiving: make a gratitude list. Make a list for all the things you have to be grateful for. Then make another list of the people that are responsible for those things on the gratitude list.
One thing I am grateful for is having discovered Buddhism. I am not a strict practicing Buddhist but have learned much from those who are and have incorporated some Buddhist principals into my life. For those of you who are not familiar I give you this brief information that I borrowed from the website of Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
the Path
The Buddha's path is a way of transforming our entire relationship to life. We begin by making a commitment to a life of non-harming, which brings about harmony in our outer relations.
Through meditation we establish a new relationship to inner tendencies such as desire, anger, and confusion. By seeing these states clearly as they are, we are no longer controlled by them.
As we find balance among the changing conditions of life, we see that wholesome qualities such as patience, generosity, and compassion emerge naturally.
Insight into the Dharma arises spontaneously. We discover that our essential nature is freedom and clarity, and that we need only rest in that nature.
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