A bit of American history


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The Story of Thanksgiving

In 1620 120 people boarded two ships, thea list of things they could be grateful for.
Mayflower and the Speedwell, for the "NewInstead of focusing on the negative these
World". After 64 days difficult journey thePilgrim Fathers learnt that we could learn to
Mayflower was to be the only ship to reachfocus on the positive and give thanks no
the "New World" and the number of people hadmatter what the circumstances are that face
been greatly reduced. Despite these facts andus. Instead of grumbling and complaining we
the fact that many of them were in poorcould be thankful for those blessings that we
health, they had arrived too late to plantdo  have.
and harvest a crop and were facing many other
difficulties they learnt a very importantThis day of thanksgiving marked a turning
lesson which has become true heritage to manypoint in the history of the colonists and in
people  -  that  of  thanksgiving.the making of our nation, America. With
thanksgiving, hard work, the grace of God and
By the end of that winter only a quarter ofhelp from the Native Americans their colony
their number remained, their shelter had notgrew and flourished and they were able to lay
been enough to protect them from the harshthe  foundations  of  democracy  and freedom.
weather conditions and a number of times they
had suffered attacks from the natives of theThey not only kept this thanksgiving to
land. It was at the end of this dark, coldthemselves but held a party each year at
winter that the few colonists that remainedharvest time for all the other colonists and
got together and instituted the tradition ofso began the tradition of having a day of
Thanksgiving.thanksgiving each year which has now spread
from those original few colonists to millions
They met to review where they were at andof  people  worldwide.
what had happened, and although the
circumstances looked very grim, one of theirWhy not take some time today to give thanks,
number encouraged them, "Yes, all that is so.keep a gratitude journal or spend time with
We can hang our heads and say, 'Oh woe forfriends and family discussing the things you
us', or we can have the attitude that we madecan be thankful for. If the original
a decision, we are here, let's look again andcolonists could come up with a list of 100
let's look for some good things, and let'sthings to be thankful for, how many more can
make the best of what we have. Let's bewe be thankful for today? Why limit this
thankful, let's be joyful and let's make thispositive attitude of thanksgiving to the
grand  adventure  work."festival of Thanksgiving once a year? Let's
try each and every day to fill our lives with
So it was that they came up with a new list,gratitude.



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