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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day…Let us welcome the day with thanks and kindness…

Kindness is something that appears to have fallen to the wayside in the way people now relate to one another…Many have forgotten that kindness opens many doors…especially the door to healing from interactions that leave many in reflective states of losing all faith in Humanity. It takes more energy exertion to be unpleasant than to be kind…

Kindness is Thanksgiving…Kindness is…Thanks…Giving…

On travelling for Thanksgiving to be with family, I encountered a TSA agent at Boston Logan airport who told me I could not take my water with me which I have been allowed to do for over 15 years of travelling through TSA security airports in the U.S., for medical and dehydration health issues. All of a sudden, this agent told me that I could not do what I had been allowed by her colleagues to do, for over 15 years! I told her that in all the years of being allowed to have my water pass through inspection testing, to keep with me, she was the only one who ever objected, and voiced that medication did not need to be taken with water…and insisted that I throw my water away, or empty the water out, and I could refill it once I passed through security…she was sorry that I had been misinformed…For over 15 years?! I asked to see a supervisor…after waiting for about 10 minutes, she said, “We’re going to allow your water through today.” Another TSA agent, who had given me a container to place my water in (before the female agent objected for testing, as was always done in the past) took the container which held my water bottle, tested the water, and handed it back to me… I thanked the gentleman who assisted me, and I was on my way…wondering why the female agent was so callous with contempt for people with medical issues, repeatedly saying that water was not needed to take medication, and dehydration and Diabetes were common conditions, so matter-of-fact, with coldness….

Years ago, a few TSA agents, at different airport locations, told me I could have my water tested and taken through for medical purposes…Who was really misinformed? A debate can be initiated as to “doing one’s job, using the power of one’s job,” or knowing your job…and exercising…kindness…and giving thanks for being able to do so! Water exceptions are noted on TSA information descriptives….

Thanksgiving is a time to remember acts of kindness…and giving thanks for kindnesses that have entered our lives through grace…love…and the goodness and kindness of everyone who has contributed to our lives from strangers to family…

Cultivate kindness through Thanksgiving…

It is how we change the world…

And ourselves…

For the better….

Happy Thanks…Giving…

With Love…Grace…Compassion…and Kindness….