Thanksgiving!
Another Thanksgiving season is approaching, a time that we
all look forward to with joyous anticipation. We always long for this time of
the year because of the joy and happiness it brings us. Usually, we either go
to our homes or to visit our friends or take a trip to some noted place of
interest. Thanksgiving, then usually means a happy time for us. But do we ever
stop to think of the real meaning of this occasion which affords us so much
merriment, and why we observe this day?
Perhaps many of us will say it is
because our Pilgrim Fathers did so. But do we always really observe
Thanksgiving in the spirit that our Pilgrim Fathers did? We should celebrate
this occasion with a true spirit of thankfulness. We, as students, should
especially be grateful in college; for the ones who have made it possible for
us to be in school; for our teachers who are giving us their best in order that
we may become better fitted to meet the problems of our day; for our fellow
students who bear with us the “burden and heat of the day,” helping us to
understand humanity and to learn lessons of co-operation by which alone the
world’s work can be done efficiently.
Let us then, on this day of thanksgiving, not forget to
render due thanks to the Divine Being for all the blessings that we enjoy and
for the opportunities and privileges which surround us.
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