Giving Your ‘Thanks!’

This Thursday, November 23, 2017 is Thanksgiving Day!

I will be noting this again this coming Wednesday, November 22, 2017.

While thinking of the holiday, two things immediately cross my mind: 1) corporations destroying the holiday by having store openings to shop for the next commercial holiday, Christmas, so there is no longer a point for the people having to work to “celebrate” Thanksgiving; and 2) corporations being in just about all facets of our lives, including the food people will consume on Thanksgiving Day.

What a beautiful holiday!

It is not perfect. One thing that can happen is a person over-eating. If one wants to avoid that trap, thinking outside the box may be wise.

I suggest thinking about the corporations.

Give your “Thanks!” to the United Corporations of America! (And, intentional or not, also salute those corporations outside the nation’s borders.)

Who can you thank?

Here is a suggested list:

• Thank the corporation[s] which manufactured your computer[s].
• Thank your broadband provider for your high-speed Internet.
• If you are still subscribing to a linear cable-television service, thank your provider.
• If you are not with a cable-television provider, but you are streaming with use of a device, thank the manufacturer of that device.
• Thank all the media corporations which deliver the content.
• Make a point of thanking your mobile wireless carrier.
• Thank the manufacturer[s] of your vehicle[s].
• If you are on any medications, especially on a regular basis, thank the company[ies] for manufacturing your pills.
• Speaking of consumables: Thank the company for the turkey you will eat.
• Follow up this thanks by also expressing your gratitude to all companies applicable to all other items you will consume this holiday.
• If you will be drinking any beverage[s], thank all applicable corporations.
• And, finally, give your “Thanks!” to all corporations whose products you will be purchasing for the next major holiday, Christmas! (That it is for the people who do celebrate Christmas.)

Yes, Thanksgiving Day is a holiday which you can enjoy your time with family and other loved ones. (Or, if you choose to not be with any family and other loved ones—that, too, can be enjoyable.) But, if you have any concern about over-eating, it would be wise to give your “Thanks!” to the many corporations who are into your life every single day—including Thanksgiving Day! By doing that, you can curb your enthusiasm for what would otherwise be a rather big appetite.