Happy thanksgiving
In the Buddhist tradition, giving thanks (gestured with the bow/”gassho”) is at the heart of practice. Gratitude is the authentic indicator that we understand interdependence and wholeness - that nothing in the universe exists separate from the whole. That, as Thich Nhat Hahn expresses it, there is no being, only interbeing.
So today is a (just one more) good day given to us to realize how we exist because of an infinite web of conditions and resources given to us. One more good day to base our happiness in gratitude for all we’ve been, what we are, and all we’ll become. Happy interbeing.
