I’ve been up to my neck in business issues. And yet, it’s Thanksgiving. Surrounded by family, I should be spending most of my time with them.

J, my editor, who knew I was feeling the crunch, was kind enough to find and forward me this essay. I wrote it 15 years ago while on a trip to India, just before I decided to build a community center here in Nicaragua. Since then, our family has spent most Thanksgiving holidays here, as we are doing now. So, it seems fitting to dust off this piece and offer it to you today. I enjoyed it. I hope you will, too.