Beloved students, I greet you with joy, kindness, and compassion as you enter the month of November, which if you live in the United States, should be a month of celebration. For Americans, November is the month of Thanksgiving, a time for being grateful for the blessings in one's life. Now, even though I'm not exactly an American, I invite all of you to celebrate this meaningful holiday with me this year.

May all of you, no matter whence you hail, find much for which to be grateful this month. Perhaps taking time to be mindfully thankful is particularly important this year as the world continues to undergo the stresses and inevitable chaos of a planet in transition. I urge you to fill yourselves with gratefulness at least three times a day and to extend your awakened heart to all who share your experiential field. In so doing, you will entrain the mind to hold a grateful stance in all situations.

Now, I'm sure some of you may be wondering why I might issue such advice at a time in which many planetary citizens are truly reeling from the intensity of 2014. Yet when were these energies more needed than now? As struggle and strife continue to press on the hearts and minds of people everywhere, let your own thoughts move to establishing an ever-penetrating field of kindness, one in which goodness and healing can take birth. Give thanks for the opportunity to humbly accept the responsibility to become part of the planetary solution.