From today's New York Times:

"The Pilgrim Thanksgiving was a way of giving thanks not for plenty but for a sufficiency. As for us, we are better acquainted with too much than with enough. Today would be a good day to give thanks for just enough and to share the extra with those who lack even that much. If we did, we would all have more to be thankful for." -- VERLYN KLINKENBORG

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