Though we often find much with which to be confused or disappointed in this world, we all can be thankful for at least this:  we are here.  We are here to live, to grow, to be.  By God's grace and intention, we are here--and nowhere else--here to find hope, here to find meaning, here to find God.  We are here.
     On Thanksgiving, rejoice in existence, for right now, in this present moment, it is the only existence we have.  , Rejoice that many thousands and millions of years ago, as Genesis puts it, God "created the heavens and earth," giving, as John's gospel tells us, through his Word, his spoken Word, form and life to all things.
Rejoice.