A Day to Give Thanks
On this day, we give thanks — to our colleagues over the years; to our supporters and readers; to the United States; and to the God of victories, and of mercy.
We start by naming who we honor, because gratitude is clearer when it has direction. Saying specific names and groups sharpens what might otherwise be a vague feeling.
Colleagues carry the work forward in small acts and steady persistence. Their late nights, honest debates, and shared laughs build the resilience that keeps a project alive.
Supporters and readers are not passive audiences but active partners in the life of an idea. They challenge, encourage, and keep the conversation moving across seasons and platforms.
To the United States we give thanks for a context that fosters speech, enterprise, and community life. The institutions and freedoms many take for granted create room for effort and for hope to meet reality.
We also acknowledge the deeper source many recognize when they pause and reflect. Invoking “the God of victories, and of mercy” names both triumph and compassion as threads in how people understand success and suffering.
Victory without mercy feels hollow, and mercy without courage can be aimless. Together those qualities offer a fuller picture of what we celebrate when things go well and what we ask for in hard times.
Gratitude matters because it remaps attention toward what supports us and away from what merely distracts. Writing a list of thanks changes how the next hours and decisions feel.
Practically, saying thanks to colleagues can mean a handwritten note or a single clear sentence of praise during a meeting. Small acknowledgments compound into cultures where people feel seen and work gets better.
To readers and supporters, gratitude often looks like listening back and showing the value of their time. When an audience sees itself reflected in the work, it becomes part of the project and not just its consumer.
Expressing thanks to a nation can be as simple as preserving civility and as demanding as defending institutions when they are under strain. Public gratitude asks for stewardship, not just applause.
Saying thanks to God, in the language some people choose, ties success to humility and failure to meaningful growth. That posture invites mercy into the conversation and recognizes that much of life remains beyond any single person’s control.
This day is an invitation to slow down, name the hands that helped, and accept both the brightness and the burdens of the year. The practice of regular thanks reshapes how we start the next chapter and who we choose to bring along.