The Point Is What You Have, Not What You Don't

November 20, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Thanksgiving, which is celebrated on November 22^nd.

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A Thanksgiving poem about fortune as a choice:

The point is what you have, not what you don't.

How can you be happy when you won't?

All of us at times are angry, sad,

Nervous, testy, thinking we've been had,

Knowing life for others turned out better,

Sure that in most dealings we're the debtor.

Granted, granted. But fortune is a choice

In which you find your music and your voice,

Vividly in tune with what you see

If you would live your life harmoniously.

None can choose acceptance without seeing

Gifts that come unsought from simply being.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Thanksgiving

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11/20: The Point Is What You Have, Not What You Don’t