Post by gruntal on Nov 26, 2014 16:18:21 GMT
It is a holiday in the colonies! We get to celebrate the day our European ancestors , having fled their home where they were born, managed to survive at least a year in a new and hostile environment. Of course that was tantamount to an invasion to the natives and would forever change if not ruin the natives little world. It would seem the origonal celebration was a victory over starvation that would suggest we got to stuff ourselves in commemoration with every bit of rich food we really didn't need. Well it went beyond that: it was also an excuse for families and friends to sit down with each other and have dinner and feel nice about it. Maybe I am being cynical but the festive air to the whole thing might suggest the rest of the year wasn't always up to par and in that we had nobody but ourselves to blame. Still at best the day does signify at least something went right and we were grateful of that.
I am happy I still have my home and cars and two dogs. I had a chance ten years ago to start over again like the legendary Pilgrams but I also knew I could never go back if I failed. I made some right decisions and coupled up with likely prospects and it turned out very nice. It could just as easily have been a disaster but now I am at least comfortable. I am very grateful for my club activities: the trolley museum, the amateur radio service clubs, the Teachings from the Ascended Masters of the Rose Brotherhood I am able to attend in a nearby city. I am certainly grateful for this place and the people I have met here. My health is bad and I resent depending on others for my life but I admit the medical services can be good if I cooperate or find the right service provider.
I keep thinking on this day of the small group that started all of this for my demographic group now. They were not always nice in the old days and they were bigoted and petty besides and might be aghast to see what it all led to. But you must admit it was all very dynamic! They traveled around the world to find a place to live where they could be able to practice their life style. That journey is still going on for some and immigration is still very much alive. Those of us that have arrived and settled down need to remember what it must have been like to wonder in the wilderness for so long. But I like to think the celebration goes beyond just being selfish and we also appreciate those we touched and effected that helped us to overcome - even if it wasn't to their best interests at the time. As I understand the Indians sat down with the Pilgrams the first Thanksgiving dinner. That was a nice gesture. After all it was Indian's land they fled to.
I am happy I still have my home and cars and two dogs. I had a chance ten years ago to start over again like the legendary Pilgrams but I also knew I could never go back if I failed. I made some right decisions and coupled up with likely prospects and it turned out very nice. It could just as easily have been a disaster but now I am at least comfortable. I am very grateful for my club activities: the trolley museum, the amateur radio service clubs, the Teachings from the Ascended Masters of the Rose Brotherhood I am able to attend in a nearby city. I am certainly grateful for this place and the people I have met here. My health is bad and I resent depending on others for my life but I admit the medical services can be good if I cooperate or find the right service provider.
I keep thinking on this day of the small group that started all of this for my demographic group now. They were not always nice in the old days and they were bigoted and petty besides and might be aghast to see what it all led to. But you must admit it was all very dynamic! They traveled around the world to find a place to live where they could be able to practice their life style. That journey is still going on for some and immigration is still very much alive. Those of us that have arrived and settled down need to remember what it must have been like to wonder in the wilderness for so long. But I like to think the celebration goes beyond just being selfish and we also appreciate those we touched and effected that helped us to overcome - even if it wasn't to their best interests at the time. As I understand the Indians sat down with the Pilgrams the first Thanksgiving dinner. That was a nice gesture. After all it was Indian's land they fled to.