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For us Floridians the month of November means the wonderful season of fall is just around the corner and Thanksgiving and Christmas are only a few days away. With the passing of summer we reminisce of the cookouts and fireworks and the celebration of one of our most famous holidays “the fourth of July” and as we look toward the upcoming Thanksgiving holidays we should remember the reason for the celebration perhaps we should think back not only to the founding of this country, but to the difficult years before that. Back to 1630, when John Winthrop and his fellow immigrants to the new world were still aboard their ship, about to set foot on the Massachusetts Bay Colony, not even sure they could survive in the harsh New World. Winthrop spoke up with worthy, and memorable, wisdom and encouragement. He urged them to “follow the Counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God.” Winthrop added, “We must knit together in this and work as one, we must delight in each other and rejoice together, morn together, labor and suffer together.” These were inspiring words. These words help define what the people that settled our great nation were made of. In those spoken words Winthrop predicted that the new land would become the city upon the hill. Those words were from the book of Matthew, in the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus called upon his flock to be the light of the world a shining example. In these troubling & trying times think about volunteering; find a place to share your time and your talents, find a place to serve, not to be served. Whether at Plymouth, Berkeley Plantation, or anywhere in America, celebrations of thanks hold great meaning and importance. The legacy of thanks, and particularly of the feast, have survived the centuries as people throughout the United States gather family, friends, and enormous amounts of food for their yearly Thanksgiving meal.