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November 25, 2009

Take some time to consider the blessings bestowed upon us

Anonymous The Enid News and Eagle Wed Nov 25, 2009, 09:37 PM CST

There are days when we wonder what in the world we have to be thankful for.

Our nation still is at war, our economy remains shaky and every day the media brings us news of violence and disaster.

We live in a far from perfect nation, in a far from perfect world.

But we are free to pursue perfection, and for that we should be thankful.

We are free to reach for whatever dreams our imagination can conjure up, and for that we should be thankful.

We are free to travel wherever we choose in this great land of ours, to live where we please, and for that we should be thankful.

We are free to agree with our government, and just as free to disagree, and for that we should be thankful.

We are free, in the good times, to reach out and help those for whom the times are not so good, and when times are not so good for us we are free to ask for help, and for that we should be thankful.

We are free to worship as we choose, where we choose, how we choose, and if we choose not to, we are free to do that, too, and for that we should be thankful.

We are free to sit down today with our families, around our holiday tables, and give thanks for all of these blessings, safe in the knowledge the men and women of our armed forces are standing guard, around the world, to keep us free.

If there is not a place for you around a particular holiday table, you can share in the bounty of Thanksgiving at the Salvation Army, 561 N. Independence, which will serve a holiday meal at 2 p.m.; First Baptist Church, 401 W. Maine, serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Knights of Columbus, serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 110 N. Madison; and Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1501 W. Purdue, serving at 10:45 a.m.

For all these blessings, and the myriad of others that have been bestowed upon us in this, the richest, freest and most powerful nation on earth, we should be thankful.

And so we are.

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