I Am Thankful

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I Am Thankful

• What are you thankful for?
• I give thanks for the miracle of daily life and
  breath,
• And this gorgeous if endangered natural world,
• And the treasure of Dharma friends and family
  surrounding me,
• In this very moment.
• I give thanks that Im not a homeless refugee,
• Bombed and hounded, unwelcome at borders,
• Climbing concrete dividing walls,
• Or an any other person fleeing civil unrest,
  discrimination, and warfare,

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Not a Middle Eastern girl kept from school and
modern civil rights, Nor black Ameri-teen
endangered in open streets, Or stateless
ocean-going boat people or Tibetan refugees
braving Himalayan snows and Communist
guns. I give thanks Ive made it to sixty
alive, And with family and faculties intact, In a
great democratic country which needs no armed
election monitoring, With food, shelter, freedom,
democracy, And opportunities. I give thanks for
The Moveable Feast, Of my decades in both France
and Southeast Asia, With my beloved gurus and
comrades-in-spirit on the Path of love and
awakefulness, And thrill with gratitude and
cherish-edness for this shining autumn New
England day.
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I give thanks for you. Thank you very much! Have
a conscious holyday weekend. With love and
blessings, Lama Surya Das For more details about
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