Thanksgiving Day!

Every day is a Thanksgiving day for everything we have.

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
-Henry Ward Beecher

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Historically, Thanksgiving began as a tradition of celebrating the harvest of the year. The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated to give thanks to God for guiding them safely to the New World. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought. Thanksgiving was originally a religious observance for all the members of the community to give thanks to God for a common purpose. At home, it is a holiday tradition in many families to begin the Thanksgiving dinner by saying grace (a prayer before or after a meal). Source Wikipedia

Hindu Prayer:

Brahmarpanam Brahma Havir
Brahmagnau Brahmana Hutam
Brahmaiva Tena Ghantavyam
Brahmakarma Samadhinaha (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 verse 24)

The act of offering is God, the oblation is God
By God it is offered into the Fire of God
God is That which is to be attained by him
who sees God in all
Aham Vaishvanaro Bhutva
Praninaam Dehamaa Ashritaha
Prana Pana Samayuktah
Pachamyannam Chaturvidham (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 verse 14)
Becoming the life-fire in the bodies of living beings
mingling with the upward and downward breaths,
I digest the four kinds of food.

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."

- Frank A. Clark

Gratitude

Gratitude is our positive feeling of acknowledging for receiving a benefit or favor from others. How we express, what we express for is all based on the individual or the organization which received; so it is not expressed uniformly. The most beautiful thing on earth is our gratitude to divinity, whether you consider as Almighty, Lord or the Supreme energy. Even if our daily prayer consists of offering gratitude to anyone and everyone it will as teach us to be grateful and can pass on that understanding to our next generations. It would be nice way to show gratitude to all animals especially to the ones who help us survive and work for us. Whatever role we playing, we can start from children to their parents, students to their teachers, wife to husband, husband to wife, it all starts from home and which can reflect on to the society. There are certain days in certain communities where they are given chance to show their respects to dead ancestors by gratifying their spirits. Gratitude is a simple practice which can bring smiles, laughter and friendships. We hesitate to express thinking that others may think it as melodramatic; there may be many reasons for not expressing our appreciations. Gratitude holds a very high place in the Hindu tradition, we must be grateful for everything and we must not expect any gratitude from others. At the same time do your duty but do not expect gratitude or thanks.

I would like to express my gratitude to my family for encouraging me to create this blog, by saying “Thank you”

“It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given.”

-Elisabeth Elliot

Thank you for reading my posts and watching the gratitude movie.