Enough! Thanksgiving Musings…
Once again, here is my sorta annual “Thanksgiving musings…”
For pretty much my entire adult life I have tried very hard to live by one of the core tenets of Taoism: the man who knows when enough is enough will always have enough. Through times both thicker and thinner, the more closely I’ve been able to hue to the intent here the happier I’ve been. Today, Thanksgiving Day 2023, I once again reflect upon a companion piece that may very well bookend a philosophy for life.
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” (HT Mrs. Bill Livingston)
Enough is a truly powerful thing. Enough is the portal to satisfaction, if not happiness. Enough is the antidote to yearning, to wanting. Once you have enough there is no reason to covet. After enough anything else is a bonus, life’s equivalent of that overflowing Holiday cornucopia. Gratitude is a straight shot to enough. On this Thanksgiving Day I am grateful for all that I have, for as long as I have had it. On this Thanksgiving Day I am grateful for all whom I have in my life. My family and my friends.
I am grateful, especially today, for a life where for so very long enough has been enough.
Happy Thanksgiving. I’ll see you on Sunday…
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