The Pilgrims made 7 times more graves than huts. It might be said that no Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.
All of us at one point or another don't realize that it is through suffering that we become thankful, for what we do have, for what we have been given. No one expects this truth on the front side, but on the back side, those who have experienced it, recognize the truth of it. How ironic, then, that we so vigorously avoid what we fear will take our lives, while all the while it is the very means through which life is given to us.
I must say that I am thankful for pilgrim-suffering (whatever the form may be) in my life.
