{"id":361,"date":"2007-11-21T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-thanksgi.html"},"modified":"2007-11-21T17:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T17:02:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-thanksgi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-thanksgi.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Thanksgiving!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.<br \/>I&#8217;m not speaking about today&#8217;s holiday in America (last month in Canada), but a universal celebration of &#8216;Thanksgiving&#8217; arising everywhere at each moment.<\/p>\n<p>It is our gratitude for the life we have somehow received, and for each other and all the universe that makes that life possible.<\/p>\n<p>It does not matter whom or what we are thanking (or if there is someone or some thing to hear our thanks) &#8230; we feel thankful nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>And, perhaps the hardest part, we must be thankful for a cornucopia overflowing with both sweet and bitter fruit.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><embed flashvars=\"shw_id=253&amp;epi_id=31275\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" base=\"http:\/\/operator11.com\/swf\/\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#fff\" src=\"http:\/\/operator11.com\/swf\/o11player.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"362\" width=\"432\"><\/embed><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><\/span>Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.I&#8217;m not speaking about today&#8217;s holiday in America (last month in Canada), but a universal celebration of &#8216;Thanksgiving&#8217; arising everywhere at each moment. 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