Osler's Razor

I have always found Thanksgiving to be a very spiritual holiday, if you let it be. Thankfulness is a wonderful thing. One thing the act of being thankful does is to force you to be selfless for a moment, to recognize something besides yourself. We all need that sometimes; I certainly know that I do.

Whatever successes we have, we rarely accomplish them alone, though too often we take credit for it alone. Whatever talents we have, someone taught us, the wealth we have is rarely the fruit of our sole efforts, and even the capacity to love and be loved most often comes through another who has and shares that ability.

Once we recognize the fact that we have done nothing alone, that we are in part made by those good people around us, it is easier to see what God has done, and how.