So... today, is "Thanksgiving". A holiday based off of one single paragraph in history. I don't care, if it's true or not. One single paragraph in history is about as much evidence as we have for Jesus.
Normally, I discuss the facts, and then, propose a question, and state my argument for why what is considered "socially acceptable", "normal", is really not at all about morality. But today, I'm just going to talk about Thanksgiving and our families.
I have many friends who go home to a family, whom they don't get along with. But today, they, and all of us, should forget it. According to this paragraph in history, the natives shared their harvest with the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Now, it's true, that the Europeans had rather imposed upon the natives. They hunted their food, manipulated the land, they brought disease that these people had no immunities to.
But for some reason, on this day, the natives saw the Pilgrims suffering, through what "wrongs" they may have done. They recognized even these trespassers were human beings. Human beings who, in spite of their convictions, beliefs, and differences, could still starve; that they wanted to live.
Today is about "doing unto others as you would have done unto yourself." So, to everyone out there, who may go home to a family that you don't always agree with, or may not even like... over come your feelings, and see that still, there is a human being under there. You're all only here to do one thing; eat together- a metaphor for sharing life with one another.
So, even if it's just for today, let it go. Just be with your family, and don't worry about any reason they may give you to have conflict. All you're here for, is to eat together... nothing to argue about. It's just one day to set aside what you want, and share what you have- yourself, no matter how they perceive you.
Have a happy Thanksgiving, everybody.
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