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Things I'm Thankful For 365 Days A Year

Because gratitude and thankfulness shouldn't be limited to once a year.

Sami Murphy
Nov 21, 2016
Dubuque, IA
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There are 365 days in a year.

Three hundred and sixty-five days, yet we wait to share what we are thankful for until the fourth Thursday of each November. Why wait? Tomorrow, you might not wake up. A week from now, you might be diagnosed with cancer. Six months from now you might get into a car accident and never make it home. The point is - we aren't promised a tomorrow, so be thankful year round instead of just when there is turkey on the table.

Each and every day I wake up, I am thankful for my health. While I might occasionally wake up and dread getting out of bed (okay, almost every day), I am still thankful that I was given the opportunity to another day, in good health. I am also thankful for my family's health and they're opportunity to another day on this blue and green sphere.

Speaking of family, I am also thankful for them. From my parents, to my siblings, to my fiance, daughter, grandparents and in-laws - I am thankful. Without their love, guidance and support I wouldn't be half the person I am. Because of them, my life is filled with opportunities and adventure, love and laughter.

To my friends, I am thankful for you. My life is so much more colorful and tolerable thanks to each of you. Whether you are a co-worker that I spend 40 hours a week with or a best friend that lives two hours away - you are worth millions to me.

Pizza, Ho-hos, chocolate donuts, coffee and wine are at the top of the food chain for me, but I am thankful for food (and drink) in general. I am thankful for a full tummy and food in the cupboards, year round. I know there are many, near and far, who go to bed hungry far too often.

I am thankful for the roof over my head and surplus of shoes and clothing in my closet. I am thankful for hot showers and clean drinking water. I am thankful for fresh air and the country I live in (even though I'm not quite on board with the whole Cheeto as president thing yet). I am thankful for the freedoms to express myself and the right to love who I love. I am thankful for a college education and a full-time job to help pay the bills.

Today and every day, I am thankful for these things. Thankful to be living, loved, appreciated and valued.

Don't waste away 364 days bottling what your thankful for. Be thankful, always.



"Repeat daily: Today, I am thankful."

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