 It's hard to be grateful these days as we hit the six-month wall of the pandemic, watching the wildfires and storms and melting glaciers, worrying about kids, about elders nearby, about friends and family across the globe, grieving the deaths in our communities, the murders at the hands of police. Sometimes it's hard to be grateful. But there is something about the seasonal rituals like Thanksgiving that nudge and encourage us into gratitude. And when we do, there is so much waiting for us. The changing lives are beautiful. The people practicing kindness are comforting. The diligence of essential workers is inspiring. Indigenous wisdom is powerful. I return gratitude. I am particularly grateful for those I know by name, migrant workers who bring our food from fields and factories to our tables, caregivers and personnel support workers who provide caring comfort to elders in private homes and long-term care facilities. All at great risk to their own lives. It is an honor to continue to find ways particularly in this pandemic to stand with these people who are so essential to our communities with our solidarity and our action. Supporting the call for prominent status for these essential workers is a concrete expression of this gratitude. Let this be a reality so they too can find meaning in Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, we wish for you connection. Connection with those you love and those you may not know personally, but know their contributions even if only on screen or over the phone. We give gratitude to Creator and all our relations for life in fullness on this wounded earth. We hope that all of us out of this gratitude will renew our action for migrant and ecological justice, for human rights and indigenous rights, for gender and racial justice. Thank you for your support. Thanksgiving blessings from all of us at Kairos.