Thanksgiving Day: Paying it Forward IAN: 11-28-2013

" I am thankful for tomorrow."

In the past, before sitting down to dinner on Thanksgiving Day, my family wrote links for a paper chain describing the things we were thankful for.  We brought it out each year to reminisce and add to it.

While there is satisfaction in the reflection of the past, on Thanksgiving Day thinking about how to improve the world we share seems more appropriate.  I am thankful for the Overpass Light Brigade and the Solidarity Singers, and Occupy and Dreamers, but what can I do to have some kind of impact and make the world a better place?

As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here.  We care!

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