be grateful for such bountiful blessings

Alberto says: My first time to celebrate Thanksgiving day celebration outside the monastery was indeed a festive and bountiful one with my friends at the locality where I live now.

The celebration was much simpler that the usual thanksgiving feast that i used to have with my co-monk brothers and monk priests at the monastery. At the end of the celebration- I had a very great feeling of peace with the friendship offered by these new set of people whom I have met since I arrived in Los Angeles in July 11th of this year.

Many happy returns of the day!