I've become the person who writes about grappling with empathy and gratefulness. I don't necessarily think that it's a bad thing, but sometimes I get so self-involved with how I handle those things and I forget that there's a whole human population going through the same things I am.

Emotions are running high across the nation, and I've exhausted myself in every possible class discussion, essay, and response questions. "Suadade", a Portuguese word for the sense of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia, is the only word that's really fit my Google search of, "What's a word that describes feeling a lot of feelings?".

While I am feeling my own warped version of suadade, I am also feeling the bittersweet tinges of gratefulness and inspiration due to my unwavering (and desperately unwanted) optimism. So, I turned to the things I'm grateful for despite the difficult political and social atmosphere and asked others to put in their two cents for what they're grateful for, too. Here're 32 things people are grateful for:

1. "My family."

2. "My health."

3. "Lazy Saturdays with people I love."

4. "My big :)"

5. "The opportunities my parents have given me and still do."

6. "My voice in society."

7. "I am grateful for my mistakes."

8. "Food!"

9. "Good sex."

10. "Happiness."

11. "All the opportunities I took."

12. "Swirling leaf tornadoes."

13. "Hands brushing against each other."

14. "Brie."

15. "Kisses from the sun."

16. "To be alive at the same time as the legendary Ms. Britney Spears!"

17. "For the friends that saw me at my worst and still chose to help me find myself all over again."

18. "My mother, she does EVERYTHING for me...love you, mom."

19. "My sorority, it gave me a new group of people who I know I can go to whenever and with whatever and they will always have my back."

20. "Going to sleep knowing I'm safe every night."

21. "A supportive and loving family."

22. "Dogs."

23. "Friends. All of the friends."

24. "French fries."

25. "Hamilton."

26."My girlfriend."

27. "Morning sunrises."

28. "The mountains."

29. "Sequoia trees."

30. "Patrick Swayze in Ghost."

31. "Fall in Chicago."

32. "Special episodes of Teen Chopped."