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What is on Your Mind?
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For those in America, Happy Thanksgiving.

I hope you have an enjoyable Thanksgiving and have safe travels.

For those in the rest of the world, I believe that there is much good in the world.

I consider it a blessing every morning I get up.

I have dealt with severe neck and back pain for over 30 years.

That pain "encourages" me to continually reach out for moral support and someone who will just listen.

Andy

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What does this mean exactly @cyclist ?

I could not follow your greeting when you posted the above line. What are you trying to say?

Thanks

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Thanks Neo for asking.

I am saying that there are many things to be thankful for.

I, for example, thank God for the good things that happen.

I have had high levels of pain for 30 plus years. God has limited how long those "episodes"
last.

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Thanks @cyclist

I tend to view US Thanksgiving as a day of mourning from the perspective of, and with deep empathy to, the first Americans:

https://blog.nativehope.org/what-does-thanksgiving-mean-to-native-americans

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Thanks for the excellent article.

Why Thanksgiving Is Also a National Day of Mourning

It’s important to know that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning and protest since it commemorates the arrival of settlers in North America and the centuries of oppression and genocide that followed.


I saw that later in the article, some Indians celebrate the holiday

embrace the positive messages of the holiday and choose to put aside thoughts about the complex history of this day.

This is because the idea of giving thanks is central to Native heritage and culture, and in this way,


How can I paste text where it fills the screen and does not need someone to use the scroll bar?

I really appreciate how community.unix.com allows topics that other forums ban.
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You can study Markdown. This site uses Markdown in the composer.

Currently, @cyclist , you are quoting text using Markdown code fencing, and of course that is not going to wrap :wink:

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Ok thanks for the info. I am reading it.

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