Sunday, November 26, 2006
50 well thought out things I am grateful for and a few no-brainers (in no particular order):
- Nice Highway Patrol men*
- Being alone today*
- Unreportable accidents*
- Mother's recovery*
- Mother's surgery not being more serious than it was*
- Break lights that work
- Christmas lights
- When my roommates actually take out the trash (not that they have for a LONG TIME)
- BYU's Counseling and Career Center
- Second and third and fourth chances
- Good movies that I can watch over and over again
- Good movies that I can't find anywhere but that I still have the memory of seeing
- Pirates 2 comes to DVD in 9 days
- Christmas music
- Christmas Trees
- Christmas smells
- Turkey
- Turkey left-overs
- Happy memories
- Chocolate
- My fish
- Biting kittens
- Old dogs
- Old friends
- New Friends
- Old friends I don't talk to anymore and haven't heard from in forever*
- Mail
- Pay day
- A long walk to campus
- Good weather conditions for driving
- Gasoline prices that are less than $2.35
- Theaters that are cheaper than the ones in "Happy" Valley
- I only have two more tests ALL SEMESTER (this includes finals)
- There are only two and a half weeks of classes left
- Fickle-free airbags
- Working lungs
- BYU beat the Utes yesterday
- Christmas Movies
- Not having anyone to be confused about
- Popcorn
- Polymer Clay
- Film
- Cameras that I have control over
- Crunchy leaves
- Babies
- Das Family (including extended)
- Finger and Toe nails and the appendages they stick to
- Meat I eat
- Books
- "Of all the things for which I feel grateful, one stands [above
all the others]. That is a living testimony of Jesus Christ, the Son of
the Almighty God, the Prince of Peace, the Holy One. . . .
"Jesus is my friend. He is my exemplar. He is my teacher. He is my healer. He is
my leader. He is my Savior and my Redeemer. He is my God and my King.
"Gratefully, and with love, I bear witness of these things."
(Gordon B. Hinckley, "Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice: Gratitude," Friend, Nov. 2002, 3)
*Don't ask, you won't get answers.
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Labels: Holiday, Religion, Svithe
