WHAT IT MEANS TO BE T H A N K F U L Can you imagine writing 365 thank-you letters? It sounds like a lot, but the process of writing them (all by hand, mind you) turned one man’s life around when he thought he had nothing left to be grateful for. He made the resolution to write 365 thank-you notes over the next year and the experience changed his perspective. “I became grateful as I noticed the good things in my life,” Kralik says. “Even when nothing external happened to me.” How Putting Pen to Paper Changed One Man’s Life
It started with a thank-you letter to his son, who’d gifted him a coffee maker for
It was New Year’s Day in 2007 and John Kralik was pretty sure he’d hit rock bottom. A failed year of business, a divorce and a move into a tiny apartment all left Kralik feeling hopeless. He went for a hike in the Pasadena foothills to clear his head. During the hike, he had an epiphany that turned his year around. Kralik realized that he was focusing on all the wrong things. “I needed to learn to be grateful for the things I had rather than to focus on the things I wanted or the many things I felt I had lost,” Kralik describes.
Christmas. As he sat down to write the letter, Kralik was dismayed to realize he didn’t have his son’s address. He called him up, and his son offered to take him out to lunch. At a time when money was tight, the gesture meant the world to Kralik — even more so at lunch, when his son repaid him a significant loan.
In the month of Thanksgiving, Kralik’s story is a good reminder of the power of “thank you.”
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find it to be very relaxing. There’s something Zen about making the perfect pie crust, rolling it all out, peeling the apples, putting the pies together and having them come out beautiful. A couple days before Thanksgiving, I get my baker in the kitchen and we spend an afternoon at the assembly line making all the pies. It’s the high point of Thanksgiving for me. While I’m making all those pies, I tend to reflect on what I have to be thankful for. There are so many blessings in my life, but this year, I’m most grateful for the opportunity to work next to my wife. I have a true and equal partner I get to work beside every day. In building October Kitchen, we’ve been able to do something together neither of us could have done individually. I wouldn’t be able to nourish people today if I didn’t have Ali there putting up with my eccentricities. Happy Thanksgiving to you all. May you have nourishing food, great company and a lot to be thankful for this year.
PIE STEPHANIE THANKSGIVING
FALL HARVEST HOLIDAY PAUL
ALISON APPLES CHILLY CROPS
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