To Feel Truly Thankful | Kindling 11.25.25

Sparks For A Brighter Life

Two days from this day is another Thanksgiving in these United States. I think I’m a broken record on this day, repeatedly telling you how much trouble I have with the entire holiday, its origins in such awful circumstances, and the fact that it is a holiday entirely based around food. Food I 99% of the time cannot eat due to food allergies and intolerances. That said, the one part I have always feverishly fought to refocus the day on is that of actual gratitude. The kind that doesn’t need gravy and cranberry sauce and all that stuff, just actual, honest, true thankfulness for the things we have, believe, love, and hold dear.

That’s what I want to do again this year, as I think expressions of this gratitude are vital. It’s one thing to feel a thing, it’s another to express it, and I do believe that the outward expression of an inward feeling gives it a power it never had before. Let’s go…