This October many holy festivals of different culture and religion are being celebrated by pomp and pageantry here in Toronto, Canada and different parts of the world.
The main theme in celebrating festivals is deep faith, trust and importance of God in one's life to live happy, healthy and peaceful life though there are ups and downs, going through hard times but strong belief in Almighty Lord will overcome one by one hurdles to live good life.
42 years back at this time 3 weeks before Thanksgiving I immigrated to Canada with my pregnant wife Bhavna and four and half year old daughter Alpa and started looking for job. At that time my wife's cousin Naren Patel was visiting Toronto and called us to meet us. He came with his friend Harish to see us and while talking I told them that I am looking for job and Harish asked me to apply for Scotia bank data centre where he was working and gave me phone number. The following day I applied there and also with other companies. Just before Thanksgiving weekend I got call from bank that I have the job but that one is in night shift and I can start after Thanksgiving weekend which I gladly accepted and worked for bank for almost 24 year.
My wife also worked for TD Canada Trust and now we are enjoying retired life as our two daughter got good education with University degrees, married and live in their own home. So for us our first Thanksgiving in Canada turned out to be real Thanksgiving which we cherish forever and we believe that if you live straight forward life then directly or indirectly God will give when you needed anything most in your life, may be not right away but at the right time.
Suresh and Bhavna Patel
Markham, Canada
