How is it that we gorge ourselves on food and call it Thanksgiving? How is that giving thanks? How is that showing gratitude for all of our wonderful blessings? Wouldn’t it be more fitting to fast on Thanksgiving? Fast to show appreciation for all the freedom, food and great choices we have in the United States. Instead, we eat murdered animals, eat piles of all kinds of food until we can’t move and feel ill. Why do people look forward to that? They also do the same thing over and over again year after year. I don’t find that appealing in anyway.

I think it would be so much better to fast or at least eat minimally on Thanksgiving Day. Share the day with friends and family, but not have the fellowship with them be based around food. If you don’t have anyone to spend the day with, maybe you could spend the day meditating, journaling about gratitude, listening to uplifting music and self improvement CD’s. Pamper yourself, spend the day nourishing your body and soul with things other than food. Imagine how wonderful you would feel at the end of the day? Your friends and family will be miserable and you will be well-rested and thoroughly energized! You could also take a walk or hike to feel appreciation for your life and health.

I would encourage people to rethink the way Thanksgiving and Christmas are celebrated completely focused on food. Think about why you do that and if you want to continue to do that year after year. I fail to see why people would look forward to making themselves sick. Does it give you that much satisfaction? How could you spend Thanksgiving to add meaning back into the spirit of what it’s really about? Make new choice, new traditions and feel much better after it’s over. You will feel renewed and energized going back to work and your co-workers will feel like they need some time off in order to recuperate from the holidays.