Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.

The Hunger Games' isn't for everybody. But neither is 'Anna Karenina.

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine.

When you're thinking, "Why do I have to eat Aunt Sue's casserole with potato chips crumbled on top again?" change that thought to "A couple of bites won't kill me."

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to.