Opinion
Giving thanks in the pain
I think we have lost the very meaning of Thanksgiving.
We set aside a day every year at the end of November, and we call it a day to give thanks. Then we use it to sit around a table or in the living room in front of the television eating way too much, and we offer a quick prayer of thanks, and call it done.
We spend more time cheering our team, sitting in a deer blind, or getting a jump on Black Friday shopping than we do actually pausing to be thankful.
So many are too removed from the concept to...