THANKSGIVING.  I know we all get tired of hearing that being in an attitude of gratitude brings the most joy and comfort to the soul.  We tire of hearing this when things don't go so well like, when we become homeless, can't make our car payment, don't have enough money to by bare necessities like food and health care (even if we have insurance sometimes the co-pay is back-breaking).  We forget that until only in very recent history have we even had indoor plumbing (instead of chamber pots or coffee cans or outhouses), antibiotics, shots for pets, medication for many ailments mental and physical, spiritual processes and practitioners who are not burned at the stake in one form or another, bathing facilities (heck, people used to bathe once a year and that was if you were rich).  What else do we have today...the ability to gather in groups to discuss political viewpoints without fear of life imprisonment, torture and/or death, perform sacred rituals and even tarot readings without government persecution, a change of clothes everyday if you wish (oh, people often had one and if lucky two outfits and then you hoped it didn't wear out), shoes (people used to go barefoot or the shoes available didn't fit or really hurt, in some cases you could fall off of them), the ability to write (until very recent history education and writing was reserved for the very affluent...nobles), heating and air conditioning (lack of this caused many deaths and even today this still causes death in some areas of the world and in some socio-economic groups). 

I for one am grateful for all of the advances that we have made and benefit from today.  I am also grateful for some of the most basic things, like a place to live, food to eat, medication when necessary, trash pickup, a car, an indoor bathroom, etc....  And with that, I will write again next month.  And so, until next time... Gratitude, like it or not, still serves to raise our vibration, especially when in a "funk."