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Gratitude: A day in which we can gather as a family and pay homage for our blessings.

We don’t celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving Day, as a result of our awakening to the truth of the story that we were taught in by our traditional American institutions, but as a family that values our faith in “Great Spirit”, and what has been done to support the lives of our family and friends, we celebrate “Our Day of Gratitude”! We believe that gratitude as an attribute of our character is a personal mandate that we impose upon ourselves! It is a given! It is effortless! It is the guiding force in how we live our lives and acknowledge that “if not for the grace of God”, our lives would not be filled with as much love, compassion, and joy as we are blessed to have! Gratitude for the blessings that have been bestowed upon us, gratitude for what others have done for us, requires letting go of a humongous ego and be humble enough to understand that it is not just important to give, it is important to receive and bless those that are gracious enough to give!

So today, as we gather with those family members that are here, we will pray prayers of gratitude for all our blessings. We will acknowledge those that are and have been blessings in our life!  We acknowledge the legacy of our ancestors and the wisdom of our elders!

We will model for our children and grandchildren, that gratitude impacts our attitude and attitude impacts the quality of our divine life’s expression! So today, to all that read this note, I pray that your life be blessed with the wholeness of “gratitude”!

My prayer for the world today is that “Great Spirit” intercedes in the fragmentation, hatred, racism, classism, warring spirits, the lack of compassion for humanity, and brings this world back to what was intended for this planet that was gifted to and for us. Lift up in your thoughts today all the blessings that have been given unconditionally us and our love ones. Let us never forget that we must live our lives from a place of gratitude. Trust me, it changes the quality of your life and your perspective on life.

Ashe! Ashe! Ashe!