Please allow me to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving holiday today, Thursday, November 28, 2024 — unless you happen to be Canadian, in which case you already celebrated Thanksgiving on Monday, October 14, 2024.
Thank You — and Happy Thanksgiving 2024 to You
I have traveled to or within at least 14 different countries this year on three different continents — from as far south as Queenstown in New Zealand to as far north as Nordland County in northern Norway. This might have set a personal record for me in terms of the farthest two destinations to which I have traveled within a year…
…and I already have some travel planned for 2025. Life has been getting better for me. The future is looking brighter. Once again this year, I am thankful for a number of things in my life — including…
- Family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and loved ones who have been and are a part of my life — especially whenever I have needed their support — who care about me and want to see me happy
- Having had the opportunity to travel around the world and experience different cultures and cuisine
- Having managed to not yet skip a year without flying as a passenger aboard an airplane
- Being in good health, as I suffer from no allergies and still to this day do not take any medication; and I realize how rare is that gift — and I wish I can bestow that gift upon everyone and eradicate disease, illness, and suffering
- The opportunity to help other people in many ways — and to give back to the community
- Every time you patronize the companies which advertise at The Gate With Brian Cohen — as well as the affiliate links which I include in some of the articles that I write — and I may not always write glowing reports about them; but at least you can be assured that I remain honest about what I write
…but there are times where I feel that I do not express my thankfulness enough. My hope and wish once again for this Thanksgiving is that the list of things for which I am thankful will cause you to pause for a moment and reflect on the people and things in your life for which you are thankful — and please feel free to share them in the Comments section below if you feel compelled to do so.
Last — but certainly not least; and I cannot reiterate this enough — I am thankful for you. You are the reason why The Gate With Brian Cohen exists and why it keeps evolving after greater than 18 years. I learn from you whenever you take the time to comment — especially when you do not agree with what I write or when you correct me on information which I mistakenly posted — and I read every single comment posted by you. I learn from your advice and experiences…
…and there are few things which are more gratifying to me than reading how I have been able to help you either plan a trip or save money or avoid a negative experience — or even simply entertain you.
I may not say it often enough; but I am thankful for you all year long — and I am honored to have the opportunity to be a small part of your life whenever you choose to read The Gate With Brian Cohen.
Final Boarding Call
May you and yours have the best Thanksgiving holiday yet this year — replete with plenty of joy, happiness, success, loved ones and delicious food — and may you be truly thankful for all that you have and experienced.
Thank you — again and again and again — from the bottom of my heart.
Photograph ©2022 by Brian Cohen.
