Happy Thanksgiving

[Guest Arko]

I know I'm a day early, but by the time I get off work tonight, I may be too tired, then too busy to say it here!

Happy Thanksgiving all. I'm proud and thankful to know you all. This truly is a special group.

It was a rough year for many off us, but for me it seems to be headed for a good end.

I wish you all peace and prosperity.

[ShaunM]

Same to you and everyone else.

[jtluttrell]

Happy Thanksgiving and may everybody get enough turkey and sweet potatoes.

[Luckyforward]

Thank you . . . and the best of thanksgivings for you all.

We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us.

We return thanks to the rivers and streams,which supply us with water.

We return thanks to all herbs,

which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.

WE return thanks to the corn,

and to her sisters, the beans and squash, which give us life.

We return thanks to the bushes and trees, which provide us with fruit.

We return thanks to the wind,

which, moving the air, has banished diseases.

We return thanks to the moon and the stars,

which have given us their light when the sun was gone.

We return thanks to our grandfather He-no,

that he has protected his grandchildren from witches and reptiles,

and has given to us his rain.

We return thanks to the sun,

that he has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.

Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,

in whom is embodied all goodness,

and who directs all things for the good of his children.

~Iroquois Prayer from the 1800's