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GIVING THANKS What are you thankful for? Use our form to express or email your thanks! READINGS On Gratitude, Appreciation, Forgiveness REFOCUSING: The howof appreciation coming soon REPATTERNING An interactive session will be held in our chat rooms on 11-24-01 at Noon EST PRAYERS & MEDITATIONS An American's Thanksgiving Prayer Native American Prayer of Thanks Thanksgiving Prayer (Christian) A Thanksgiving Prayer - by Charles Albano Thanksgiving Prayer - American Indian Thanksgiving prayer- (Native American) Thanksgiving Prayer Builder A Different Thanksgiving Prayer Collection of Prayers eDake Thanksgiving Prayer Links

| Waking up this morning, I see the blue sky. I join my hands in thanks for the many wonders of life; for having twenty-four brand-new hours before me. — Thich Nhat Hanh in Call Me by My True Names Why should we care about thanks and appreciation? Appreciation and gratitude are states of mind - altered states of consciousness from which we can view the entire world, and ourselves, differently. In our every day consciousness, we pay attention to what is missing; we see that the glass is half empty - and all our attention is on what we need. In an altered state of gratitude and appreciation, we come from fullness, what we have: that same glass is half-full! We don't focus then on what is lacking, but on the enormous and wondrous things that we do have: on a beautiful planet, on our bodies which serve us so faithfully, on those dear to us, those who support us, even the stranger who smiles at us and warms our day. Please look, and see with new eyes, the amazing life you are leading, the choices you have, your potential to awaken to a state of appreciation that creates joy instead of depression. Unlike the Pilgrims, most of us have never gone hungry a single night, have never frozen in the darkness, have rarely worried about our day-to-day survival. So many in the world still face these conditions - the least we can do is appreciate the remarkable lives of plenty we are living. On this day and the days that follow up to Christmas, we at the Global Dialog Project urge you to take moments every day, to remember and appreciate all that has supported you and aided you on your path. Friends, lovers, parents, teachers, friendly strangers, your pets, your body, your mind, your heart and your spirit- all of these things that you count on without thinking, without remembering the sacrifices so many have made to create a world in which you can have an abundant, warm, loving Thanksgiving. MORE Thanksgiving READINGS ON THANKS, GRATITUDE, & APPRECIATION Apple Seeds Links to notable quotes and inspirational stories, blessings, prayers and poems. 'I have thanked the trees that have made my life fruitful, but have failed to remember the grass that has ever kept it green.' - Rabindranath Tagore The Power of Gratitude by Arthur Cribbs Expressing Gratitude Suggestions of different ways to show gratitude and appreciation to your loved ones and acquaintances, your community, and yourself. | HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving began before 1676 Thanksgiving Timeline Thanksgiving: its true history-- by Julia White The History of Thanksgiving - By Cheri Sicard Original Thanksgiving Proclamation