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The Things You Prayed For

Sahil Bloom
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States.


Ever since I was a kid, it's been my favorite holiday. To me, it was always a celebration of here and now.


My mom embraced the day as a chance to bring people together. Having been introduced to Thanksgiving by a loving host family who took her in when she came to America for college in 1978, it strikes me that she feels a sense of duty to pay that love forward.


Every year, she hosts a big gathering of family, friends, and a smattering of my dad's students and mentees who don't have local family to visit for the occasion.


And every year, after the big meal is finished, we choose a prompt and go around the table reflecting and responding to it.


This year, I'm in charge of that prompt. Here's what I plan to ask:


What did your younger self pray for that you take for granted today?


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