Thankful Hearts.♥

Okay, well it seems if everybody is doing the "days of thanks" on Facebook but seeing as how I am late to adding to that, I am just going to type it on here. Here I go...

Thankfulness. Be Thankful. Thankful Hearts. Be appreciative of what you have and who you have. 

I am thankful for sooooooo many things in my life. The first I will start off with is my God and my faith. Some may scoff at this silly idea of religion, but it is what holds my life together. What am I to believe in and trust in if I cannot have my religion? God has given me everything I am thankful for. He has given up his one and only son in order to free this world of sin and pain, and yet here we are polluting it once again.

I am thankful for my family. Lord love them all. My family is crazy, loud, annoying, redneck, city folk, funny, rambunctious, but most of all they are loving. I couldn't go in my life without any of them. I would love to list a reason for why I love all of them, but I know I would accidentally leave one out and they may get their feelings hurt. I'm not being rude, it's just a fact of life but I still love them.

I am thankful for my friends. I cannot even begin to explain how much my friends do for me. They are always there to cheer me up, help me out, be there for me, be stupid with me, calm me down, call me out, and just be my friends. We have laughed, cried, slapped each other, caused each other to not be able to breathe from lack of oxygen due to excessive laughter, and we have even thrown each other off of cars. These friends are true and I couldn't live a single day without any of them. This paragraph could go on and on and on and on... My roommates, my suite mates, my friends that I have made in College, my friends that I have made in high school, my friends from scouting, my friends that I have made from random encounters. I could never, ever, in a million years ask for a group of friends better than the ones I currently have. 

I am thankful for my boyfriend, Taylor. He is so caring and loving, I don't know how I became so lucky. I always know that I can come to him with anything and he will always be there. I know I will always have the freedom to be independent but still have his love. I know that God has given him to me for a reason, and I would never change that. He gives me the strength and courage to do new things and to reach for my goals. He is my support system when I feel as if nothing but bad things could happen. He is there to tell me when my emotions have overcome my logic. He is there to help me remain the strong and goal driven woman that I am. He loves me unconditionally, he loves me with all his heart, and I do the same for him. I am thankful for his love.

I am thankful for my education. You can look at the countries around us, Heck! you can look at our own nation and see that not everyone is lucky enough to gain an education. I have gained an elementary education, junior high education, high school education, and NOW I am earning my college education , and I have the hopes of attaining my master's  degree! EDUCATION is something to be thankful for no matter your situation. Without an education, you get nowhere in life.

I am thankful for the mistakes I have made and for the mistakes others have made. Without these mistakes, I would make more than I already do. I do my best to learn from my past mistakes and the mistakes of others.

I am thankful for the military and their families. Without them and their service, I would not have the opportunity to be typing this. 

I am thankful for Boy Scouts of America. Oh my goodness, I cannot explain how much this organization has changed my life. It entered my life when I seemed to have needed it the most. It has made me into a better person, and it has taught me that there is hope for the future yet. 

I am thankful for my jobs. I work with children. I foster their knowledge and imagination. I am responsible for what goes on in their life, mind, and heart. What more of a blessing could one ask for?

I am thankful for the opportunities I have been given in life. I've had so many chances to grasp onto and to help me become a better person. 

I am thankful for many things in life. Music, freedom of speech and expression, nature, love, the way I was raised, the support given to me, and in general my life. I am thankful.