[Aaron]

For you.

[RonMN]

Shanny Wrote:
...for having such a great son.


Now you sound like my mom

[raober]

Ahhh, the UP. I lived in Sault Ste Marie for a couple of years back in the mid-90s...got to see one or two auroras myself, although nothing really spectacular. Lived right next to the locks on the St. Mary's River too. Every once in a while I would just walk outside and watch these huge barges sitting there, waiting to be locked up or down so they could head to either Lake Superior or Lake Huron. I miss the Great Lakes. Heck, I even miss the snow.

Anyway, very nice post, Shannymara...no matter what the future holds, there will always be something to be thankful for.

[Polemic]

Taking things for granted is kind of cool too.

[RonMN]

I'm greatful for a good many things...

But lately I'm greatful for enjoying the things that are still here (that maybe wont be here soon).

Like a good Ribeye Steak with hash browns & sauted mushrooms & finishing off the meal with some fine chocolate.

[Nicholai]

I'm grateful for everything.

I've been so lucky. I was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck...seriously...I should have died at birth! Instead, I'm part of a nice family with enough money and lots of happiness and a Dad that has always raised me to think critically. I get my funny side from my Mom and my social side from growing up with 3 other siblings. I have a dog, a cat, some fish and a BIG extended family to make Christmas all that much more enjoyable.

I've taken the right classes and read the right books. I've met the right people and lived in the right location. I've lived in the right time period and became "enlightened" at the perfect point in history. Couldn't be more grateful.

[MD]

...to be depression free, at least for the moment.

[wisconsin_cur]

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[one_more_day]

...for hot showers, definitely for hot showers!

[MD]

...for the wide view.

What a time to live. Myths and legends will be born . . . I hope.

[JPL]

Hi Shanny,

Yea, and also use that positive energy that's around you right now (smile) to get that damn house finished! Then you will be 'sorted' as we say over here...

JP

[FourOfSwords]

Shanny, I don't know what prompted you to write that, but well done.
The feeling and expression of thankfulness is the cornerstone of so many great philosophies worldwide.
Alex

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', '.')..to be depression free, at least for the moment.

[bl00k]

...for loving parents
...for loving friends
...for having a healthy body
...for being able to learn

[Ang]

I'm always grateful for the health and safety of our children.

Besides that, I'm grateful for having met my boyfriend and having my eyes opened to peak everything and having a little bit of time to prepare our homestead. He's a true partner!!

[Pops]

To be born where, what, who and when I was - in that order.

Of course, I am grateful for hot showers and Susan...

...In any combination.

[FreakOil]

... for family, friends, good health, a place to live, food to eat and PeakOil.com and all the education, entertainment and camaraderie I've received from you wonderful posters.

[Narz]

Clean socks, clean sheets, my girlfriend (most of the time).

[CarlinsDarlin]

- for literally everything I have right now. My husband (and his support), my boys, my home, my family, my faith, my friends, my education, the chance to live during the time I have been alive, to have the opportunities I have had, and to have had the chance to learn from the mistakes I have made.

[oowolf]

I'm grateful I realized, at a relatively early age, that the society I was born into was insane; and refused to spend my life in the squirrel cage of consumerism, endless debt, and pretensiousness Madison Ave. had prepared for me.
I'm grateful I somehow learned to think for myself despite the fact I was "educated" in a system that strangles individuality and inculcates the obscenity of notloving.
Nevertheless, I'm thankful for the gift of literacy without which I never would have known great minds--and the music of great souls.