Today was Thanksgiving in the United States—the day when we celebrate the Macy’s Parade, the National Dog Show, the week’s great Black Friday sales, big football games, and a lot of great food.

Oh, and we also try to take a few minutes to be grateful for what we have—though sometimes that seems to get lost in all the noise.

This year has been particularly challenging at times. We’ve gone through a particularly nasty polarizing presidential election, with much disruption expected in the year ahead. We’ve seen an alarming rise in hate crimes and violence in our streets and on college campuses, which appears likely to continue unabated. The war in Ukraine is approaching its third anniversary. A ceasefire in Lebanon may signal at least a temporary end to Hezbollah’s year of attacking Israel, but the situation in Gaza is unresolved and over 100 hostages have still not been returned home.

Amidst all of this, we have a one-day American holiday we spend with family and friends, and, as we avoid discussing hot, controversial topics, we try to remember to be thankful.

Maybe it’s time to rethink this concept. Instead of assigning a single day of gratitude, what if we focused on what we could do to make things just a little better every single day of the year? Instead of facing events we don’t agree with or don’t understand with violent protests, why not try to brainstorm a way to make things better? Instead of focusing on who to blame for situations that didn’t go our way, what about trying to learn from our mistakes so we can do better next time?

We may not be able to fix everything that’s broken, but maybe we can make a little bit of progress in the right direction. For that, we can truly be grateful.

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