With the turkey already partially eaten, the leftovers carefully packed to provide reliable food supplies for the next two weeks, I did a quick math for the first eleven months of this year.

Wow, what a year this has been! Again!

Of course I am thankful for our family and our friends and for our life in general. If I pause here for a second, based on the Wikipedia description of what Thankgiving is about these days would be

Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies…
…after harvests and at other times.

Therefore trying to be more specific for this year (2016) I have to say that I am very thankful for the unique experiences this year has brought to us.

Experiences are never really mentioned. Experiences seems to be completely underrated in the general public’s mind. Yet they are the “things” we will have with us independent of how many material possessions we have and if we are up or down.

For this reason alone I think experiences are extremely important. Especially that nowadays it seems having new experiences are becoming almost luxuries: afforded the opportunity of exploring things beyond one’s daily fight for basic necessities is beyond reach for many.

Fortunately we had our fair share of new experiences this year. And for that I am extremely thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving!