Día de Gracias

Me gusta bastante la práctica gringa de "Thanksgiving" de sentarse en familia o amigos a dar gracias, sea cuál fuera aquello que se agradece. La actividad en sí me parece una linda oportunidad para poder conjuntar a los miembros cercanos de nuestra vida más significativos.

En relación, mi familia cercana tiene una tradicional cena todos los jueves en la noche donde nos juntamos papás, abuelos, hijos, esposas, novias y amigos de la familia. Esta tradición tiene ya bastante años y a logrado establecerse como un momento sagrado donde agradecemos tenernos en nuestras vidas. No hay duda que voy a mantener esta tradición a través de mi vida.

Adjunto un chiste que me mandó un gran amigo a propósito del Día de Gracias:
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift.

The parrot really had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary.

Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary.

Finally though, John was fed up, and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot, and the parrot got angrier and more rude!

In desperation, John threw up his hands, grabbed the bird, and put him in the freezer!

For a few minutes the parrot squawked, kicked and screamed..... then suddenly there was total quiet! Not a peep was heard for over a minute! Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer.

The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said, 'I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions, and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior.'

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude! As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, 'May I ask what the turkey did?'

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

Alejandro Beeche Van der Laat