Share with those less blessed

Dear Readers: Today is Thanksgiving. If you know someone who is alone today, please invite him or her to share your Thanksgiving dinner, and make the occasion truly special.
While many of us have a great deal to be thankful for, some of us are less fortunate. We hope all of you are able to find something for which you are grateful, no matter how small. If you can't think of anything, the following prayer may give you some suggestions.
Thanksgiving Prayer(Author Unknown)
We come to this table today, O Lord, humble and thankful and glad.
We thank Thee first for the great miracle of life, for the exaltation of being human, for the capacity to love.
We thank Thee for joys both great and simple,
For wonder, dreams and hope;
For the newness of each day;
For laughter and song and a merry heart;
For compassion waiting within to be kindled;
For the forbearance of friends and the smile of a stranger;
For the arching of the earth and trees and heavens and the fruit of all three;
For the wisdom of the old;
For the courage of the young;
For the promise of the child;
For the strength that comes when needed;
For this family united here today.
Of those to whom much is given, much is required. May we and our children remember this. Amen.
Dear Annie: Please remind your readers once again to Keep Kids Alive Drive 25(r). This is a proactive measure to mobilize citizens around the country to respond to the problem of speeding in their neighborhoods. Working with police departments, neighborhood groups, schools, municipal departments, civic groups and families, we hope to create safer streets for pedestrians and motorists alike.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, almost 175,000 pedestrians died on U.S. roadways between 1975 and 2001. Local roads, the streets right in front of most of our homes, are over twice as dangerous as highways per mile driven. Pedestrians are also three times more likely to die when struck by a vehicle traveling 30 mph vs. one traveling at 25 mph.
For the sake of children and adult pedestrians and their families, I ask communities around the country to join this campaign by visiting our Web site at www.keepkidsalivedrive25.org. Tom Everson, Executive Director
Dear Tom Everson: We are pleased once again to remind our readers not to drive over 25 mph when traveling through residential neighborhoods. It's worth those extra few miles-per-hour to save a life.
Dear Annie: My husband and I have a friend who is "all about me" and getting worse. "Edna" can turn any conversation back to something about her, even if it's completely off the topic. Neither giving her attention nor ignoring her seems to help.
Edna's husband takes the path of least resistance and does nothing. We care about Edna and would like to help instead of avoiding her, but we fear losing her friendship if we confront her. We'd be willing if we thought it might push her to seek help for her narcissism. Do you have any advice? Indianapolis
Dear Indianapolis: Is one of you willing to take the risk of upsetting her in order to point out, privately, that when she talks so much about herself, she appears self-absorbed and not interested in others? If you do it with genuine concern and let Edna know how much you value her friendship, she may listen.
Creators Syndicate
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