Giving and receiving is the very nature of life’s engagement with itself.  Rather than being something that we do, sharing is actually what we are.  In each moment our very in-breath is received from the world, the oxygen released by the metabolic processes of plants sustaining our biological survival moment to moment, and the carbon dioxide that we breathe out provides plants what they need to sustain the photosynthesis that nourishes them, and upon which all life on earth depends.  I find it so helpful to just remember that which I call “me” is an expression of an ever changing, timeless and unstoppable process of giving and receiving, and in remembering, relaxing again and again in gratitude, allowing it all to unfold.

When we reflect like this, gratitude arises naturally and openly, saturating every breath, every moment with the joy of simply being alive.  May your Thanksgiving celebration be alive with gratitude and love.