10 Reasons I’m Thankful In 2007

November 25, 2007 | Filed Under Small Talk 

Compared to the vast majority of people to have lived on Earth, I live like a king. While I don’t deserve it, my life is spectacular. It’s nice to have a holiday like Thanksgiving to remind me of all the things I take for granted on a daily basis.

1. I’m thankful not only for the gift of forgiveness but also the gift of forgiving.

2. How can you not be thankful when you’ve got friends like these.

3. I’m thankful that there are still some people who are more curious than political.

4. I’m thankful for older people who are full of grace and provide a model of what it is to be truly human.

5. I’m thankful for my dog Lilly and two cats Cordouroy and Abby. They give me daily joy simply by being themselves.

6. I’m thankful for real ideals - ideals that are really worth pursuing, even when reality struggles to conform.

7. I’m thankful for becoming…for the art of progress, growth and development.

8. I’m thankful for the way things are. All our political posturing, false beliefs and mumbojumbo philosophy can’t change those facts.

9. I’m thankful for the beauty of relationships. They are fundamental. Absolutely fundamental. The most real, real. Brute, basic, bedrock.

10. In that light, I’m especially thankful for my wife, who has shown me the depths, textures and rich potential of relationship. And soon, we shall start a new relationship;-)

I take it as self-evident that there is a receiver of thanks implied in all of these propositions;-)

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