I wrote a letter to selected friends on my email list, inviting them to consider joining the Friends4Peace Network (see http://friends4peace.thinsan.com ) and emphasizing that gratefulness, or gratitude, elicits positiviteness and progress among people. Let me share the letter here again.



Sorry for cross-posting.
Please ignore it if you are not interested in peace and friendships.

Dear Professors and Friends,

I hope this finds you all in the best shape and a happy mode during the Thanksgiving week. This auspicious season always brings me some peace and good feelings about the world, as I realize again that there are so many things in the world to be thankful for: good friendships, the opportunity to learn and grow, enough food, warm clothes when it's cold, clean water, love of different forms, a good family, and so many things around me. At the same time, I do not forget to remind myself that there are others in a different situation down the negative continuum as well. Do I know enough about them? Should I help them feel a little more grateful in ways that I can? After all, I believe that grateful people are happier and more likely to do more for others.
So, have you made someone more grateful today?

Well, the Friends4Peace Network is just a small network of friends from many countries. We met through many occasions and we have used the Internet to connect us so that we can share, learn, and grow together. Some of us may be able to meet face to face and do constructive things together, too. The world is getting smaller, and wouldn't it be nice to have at least a good friend in every country you may go?

Well, let's try to do something positive during this Thanksgiving's season. Please consider joining the Friends4Peace Network by visiting its home page at http://friends4peace.thinsan.com, or you can check the webboard at http://thinsan.com/f4pboard/index.php to see what we have been talking about. Please remember to register at http://thinsan.com/f4pboard/index.php?action=register. It is still small and young, but with hope for and faith in good causes, we hope that we will keep growing together.

Thank you so much for your kind attention.

Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it!
If you don't, may you all be blessed with peace, love, warmth and safety!

Warmest regards and best wishes,
Snea Thinsan
Relevant websites:
http://thinsan.com (personal home page)
http://nyakaschool.org (a school for AIDS orphans in Uganda)