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“What Is Something You Are Thankful For”: 50 Pandas Shared For What They Feel Grateful This Year
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so I just wanted to let us remember what each of us is thankful for. Being thankful helps us to feel more positive about our lives and appreciate what we already have. In our daily lives, all of the attention usually gets buried under responsibilities, expectations, and ideals, so it is healthy to just pause and feel grateful.
So, dear fellow Pandas, it's time to share what you are thankful for.
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#1
I am thankful for being so loved. I woke up many times tonight because of pain but I was sandwiched between our dog and my partner. I felt so extremely loved and cozy. :)
Final score:
102points
Ozacoter (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thanks :) like always your comments are wholesome
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Joan Zatorski 4 years ago
I know just what you mean! I've been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia for over 30 years, and my husband's hand on my back when I awake from pain at 2:00 a.m. is the sweetest gift! I hope you continue to awaken to your "love sandwich" for many years to come.
Ozacoter (Submission author) 4 years ago
I am sorry to hear that fibro is a horrible disease! I am glad that your husband gives you love medicine :) Its the only thing that helps me.
Load More Replies... Lovin' Life 4 years ago
So sorry for your pain but am glad you have your companion (doggy and human) to help you feel better!!!!
Ozacoter (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thanks! :) My partner and dogs make everything so much better
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Lorraine Woollands 3 years ago
I lost my partner in January this year and my little Girl, my Holly ( Bichon) helped me through the last 9 months. Two weeks ago I had to let her go over the Rainbow bridge. I am so grateful to her for her love but I miss her so much😭
Ozacoter (Submission author) 3 years ago
I am so sorry for your loss. But i am sure that your girl had a great life next to you and knew that she was loved :)
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Do you have a condition or is the pain something that will ease up?
Ozacoter (Submission author) 4 years ago
I have a few illneses (endometriosis, adenomyosis, chronic fatigue sindrome...) that overlap. But not they wont go away :(
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Misty-Dawn Amayi 3 years ago
My dog is identical to the one in the stock photo and she was my pain pillow pal too. Asa-and-Pa...06-png.jpg 
Being grateful not only during holidays but in your daily life can have amazing benefits.
Bored Panda got in touch with a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Indiana University, Joshua Brown, Ph.D., to learn more about the healing properties of gratitude. When asked what the benefits of practicing gratitude are, Joshua said: “I can tell you that my colleagues and I studied gratitude expression, and we found that even writing a few short letters of gratitude to someone improved mental health even if the writer didn’t give the letters to the person they were grateful to.”
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#2
Bored Panda. I am thankful, grateful, and beholden by all that Bored Panda has given us. From the ppl who write and create to the ppl who come to read and relax. All that IS, and ALL that makes up "Bored Panda".
🇮 🇹🇭🇦🇳🇰 🇾🇴🇺.(✿◠‿◠)
Final score:
81points
More Thinking Needed 4 years ago
Nice of you to take the time to recognize everyone who contributed to this post. Amazed that you posted a topic that is totally absent of any divisive commentary. Cheers!
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Celeste Grant 4 years ago
I could do without the "I make £xxxxxx a year comments, the racists, sexists and those who shout down others either to feel powerful or for fun. But that said I do enjoy the content and think it is a decent community on the whole.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
The site would be better if Tres D didn't exist and Ryan Deschanel wasn't a misogynistic f*ck who doesn't know the meaning of the word "incel".
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Peregrine the Autistic Wolf 3 years ago
Aww thank you! And thank you all you other awesome pandas!
#3
I am thankful for my struggles for without them, I wouldn't be where I am today. I am a recovering addict and have accomplished more in my 14 months of sobriety than I have my whole life.
Final score:
77points
Caro Caro 4 years ago (edited)
Lovin' Life, I've been reading your posts, following you and am very proud of you.
Lovin' Life (Submission author) 4 years ago (edited)
Thank you so much. I follow you as well
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
You created a great post and I fell very proud of you for overcoming your addiction. Many times it's not easy, I'm sure but remember every day things you're thankful for will help you see the good side of life. It's a simple exercise that helped me see colors many times when the world was becoming black and white on his way too all black.
Rosesinmyhair 3 years ago
Welcome to the club and Congratulations on your strength hard work! One step at a time! ✌ (Sober off hard drugs for 20 years now.)
Anna Gibson 3 years ago
Lobin Life. I hear you. I have being I recovery 4 years in Feb 2023. I am so grateful for the things I have been through and come out of the other side. I am now medicated for my mental health. I am grateful to those who believed in me (although there isn't many). You are doing amazing. Sending a hug x
EvilLeftWingSheeple 3 years ago
Congratulations! Stay strong and may the journey keep getting easier.
To understand better: gratitude is a mental state that we reach by practicing gratitude. To practice, you can start by just thinking about what you are grateful for once a day. You can even keep a gratitude journal or, as Joshua mentioned earlier, write letters. The purpose is to get you in a state of gratitude.
But the best part of practicing gratitude is that it has a long-term effect. Joshua said: “We also found that the practice of writing gratitude letters caused a measurable increase in the brain response to gratitude even several months later, in a region toward the front of the brain.”
So, Pandas, maybe it is time for us to start this new habit not only on holidays but every day.
#4
I'm extremely thankful for the advances in medicine and medical tech. I was diagnosed in '76 with Juvenile Type 1 diabetes. Back then, there wasn't really much known about the disease still. My pediatrician did what he could with what he knew, which thankfully was enough at that time. But, as years went on, more and more research has been done and better treatments developed. Now, at 48, I am on an insulin pump and have a device I attach to my arm for monitoring my blood sugars. The pump-I no longer have to give injections. The Blood Glucose Monitor-I no longer have to stick my fingers to test my blood sugar. Even now, they are still advancing their research for diabetes of all ages and both types (1 and 2). So thank you to all of the researchers, doctors, and everyone else for allowing us to live a less hectic life and a better health-controlled one instead.
Final score:
70points
Shelby Moonheart 4 years ago
Modern medicine is miraculous. Advances in diabetic research have saved many lives.
Ozymandias73 (Submission author) 4 years ago
Much appreciated! Thank you! ☺
Load More Replies... Whitefox 3 years ago
I'm Type 2 with extreme insulin resistance. I have a DAD (Diabetic Alert Dog) and am also thankful for the leaps made in the pharmaceutical world of diabetic care. I used to have to take almost 300u of 2 different types of insulin a day. Now, I take 61u of a long acting one and a weekly injection (not insulin) and my numbers are vastly improved! I am so happy that you have found a method that works for you and gives you the best possible life!!
Superninjatiger 3 years ago
Got type 1 in 2008, and the progress that have been made since just then is huge. The pumps just keeps on getting better and better, the blood glucose meters gets more and more exact in the measures. My first one could have a 10% off the exact glucose level, the one I have today can be off with just 3% and I can connect it to my phone. But the coolest thing is my CGM(a small sensor I put in/on my arm) that I can connect to my insulin pump, my phone and a small monitor and it measures my bloodsugar every second, and it warns me when the bloodsugar is low or are about to get low, when I'm too high or my bloodsugar is going up too fast and I can see what my bloodsugar is without having to test it. It has made my life so much easier since I can crash in bloodsugar really fast and when I do that I lose my hearing and can't speak. I mean ffs, if I connect it to my phone the people around me can have it on their phones aswell and follow my bloodsugar and have warnings on them.
Julia French 3 years ago
if you think 1976 was the darkages for diabetes look up & watch " Glory Enough For All " a canadian award winning film about Bantam & Best's discovery of insulin
#5
I’m grateful for knowing my little rescue kitty and for my husband’s love and support. Coming home Friday, after receiving chemo, he comforted me when I found my kitty lifeless by the road. Not thinking of himself (feeling s**t) but holding me and letting me bawl like a baby.
Final score:
64points
Caro Caro (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thanks Lovin'Life. He is a darling.
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Susan Green 4 years ago
I’m so sorry about your cat. Your husband is a real gem though. I hope he gets better.
Mike Loux 4 years ago
Aww, S**T. I am so sorry to hear that. I have had kitties all my life, and every time we lose one, I am an absolute wreck.
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
I know the feeling. Several years ago I buried a cat who had been my companion for 17 years. At least she passed peacefully in her sleep.
Load More Replies... Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
I hope you get better soon and cancer free. Sorry for your loss.
Caro Caro (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thanks (don't you just hate that feeling)
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Michael Joyce 3 years ago
So sorry for your loss, yet you have an amazing man. May he heal quickly.
#6
I am so thankful that I have my own home and am not living on the street like so many.
Final score:
61points
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
I have a great apartment and a landlord who hasn’t raised the rent in the five years I’ve been here. So grateful for that!
Tee Witt 4 years ago
Not from the USA so pleased to hear that you do have some decent landlords
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Calvin Girvin (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thank you! It's not a McMansion, but it keeps the rain out.
Load More Replies... Anna Gibson 3 years ago
I am grateful to be on social housing. Alot of homeless people in Hull. Heartbreaking
#7
Food.
Final score:
56points
#8
All that is nice and all, but what about the things we take for granted?
I, for one, am thankful for electricity, indoor plumbing, toilet paper, education, heaters, AC, etc.
Also grateful that my Dad is cancer free, as well as many, many other things, some of which others have listed.
Final score:
56points
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
In total agreement with you. We do take a lot for granted and should be thankful from those things as well.
VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
This is me, every time. I am so thankful for a home that is warm and dry. For clean water right in my home. That I feel safe both in my home and out in my neighborhood. That I have food for my children every day. Any one of these things, and my life would be SO different. I try to never take that for granted.
#9
I lost both parents in 1.5yrs, so I'm thankful for the time that I had & will treasure those memories forever.
Final score:
47points
#10
Hot running water and a real shower! We finally get enough money to afford electricity for warming water. OMG life is so good when you are able to take a warm SHOWER every day. It is really depressing when you had to bathe every time only with cold water or have to boil it on the stove and then use a cup to bathe yourself.
Final score:
46points
#11
My cats. Biscuit (the cat in the comments) is the only thing that keeps me going these days.
Final score:
42points
basically_bigender_bill_cipher (Submission author) 4 years ago
This is him: 588552722-...b9f160.jpg 
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
I love his beautiful stripey legs and perpetual sly wink!
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Lovin' Life 4 years ago (edited)
Grateful for your fur baby too. Glad it helps you. Beautiful kitty
Lorraine Woollands 3 years ago
I posted before that I lost my partner and my dog in the last 10 months but a week ago today I rescued my little cat Midnight( she was named before I got her) IMG_202211...bca0d9.jpg 
#12
I am thankful for the love of my small dog. I suffer from Schizophrenia and a bi-polar disorder and at various times have had suicidal ideations. During periods where it was an actual challenge to get out of bed in the morning she would nuzzle my head until I had no choice but to sit up and attend to her. Whenever I am too quiet at home she will will gently rub my leg with her paw as if to say "You ok?" It's may seem silly but her little gestures have kept me alive. I am forever grateful that my "rescue" has rescued me.
Final score:
40points
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Maaaaan, this is a sweet post and I'm truly happy you have your little dog (angel). What's her name?
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
That is so sweet . I am so glad you have a companion and very grateful for you. 💗hugs 💗
#13
Living in the 1st world. It's a privilege for which we should all be grateful.
Final score:
37points
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
Definitely. After spending several weeks a year without being able to speak with my family because they are many times out of energy to charge their phone, I can't imagine to live in a 3 world country. Let alone the times they stay days without corrente water.
Caro Caro 4 years ago
My grandmother always said "A child doesn't choose where it's cradle is".
Load More Replies... El Dee 3 years ago
I'm so glad I live somewhere that education is free up to degree, healthcare, prescriptions etc are free and we have a negligible amount of homeless people. The unemployed and disabled are supported and helped. I feel so fortunate to not have to worry about any of these things..
#14
- Modern medicine. Ho boy, modern medicine.
- My family! They're awesome.
- My dog and cat. They make me laugh and I love them.
- Humans in general. Sometimes we're jerks but sometimes we get attached to everything and I just think that's awesome.
- Video gamesss (specifically Pokemon).
- Gotta love books.
Final score:
36points
#15
I'm very thankful that I left my abusive ex husband before he was able to damage me permanently. Thankfully I live in a country (Germany) that forced him to economically help me allowing me to rebuild my life without spending a day in the cold.( social system with women's shelter). Kids drive me crazy but they are healthy and happy. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed and like a failure but so many things to me thankful for, help me come back to light and recognize that my life its better then the dark side of my head tells me. 💪
Final score:
35points
𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑 4 years ago
You're not alone. You have MANY "Pandas" on your side. (We) may not be there physically, but we stand by your side- in spirit. You ARE strong. And "(wait for it)," brilliant!★~(◠‿◕✿)
Lovin' Life 4 years ago (edited)
I am so thankful that you are safe now. May you continue to move forward in your life.
TurquoiseTzarina 3 years ago
Please don't let negative thoughts overwhelm you. You are blessed! Hugs to you! XOXO
#16
Grateful for a good husband, great sons, the stimulator in my spine keeping me upright and at minimal pain (most days), my job, the patients I help, my mom and brother, and my nephews, and for the sister I never had (sis-in-law).
Final score:
32points
#17
I am thankful my health hasn’t given up on me, after many emergency room visits, and constant issues. I am just happy I’m here another thanksgiving to see my amazing grandparents!
Final score:
32points
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Grandparents are such a gift! They get to spoil you in a way parents simply can’t. If my paternal grandparents were still alive, they’d be 110 and 111 and yet I still miss them deeply. I probably wouldn’t have made it out of adolescence without their abiding unconditional love.
#18
I'm very very very thankful for Xanax. God bless the pharmacy!
Final score:
31points
Ana Jud (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes, I almost died because of depression and anxiety, but miracle from pharmacy saved me.
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Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
Yep, all the medicines I take that make me feel normal and balanced. Always grateful for a day that feels "normal."
#19
covid vaccine! God bless science!
Final score:
31points
#20
I'm thankful for my family who gave me a place to call home when I had none.
Final score:
30points
#21
I am thankful for chapstick, hermit crabs, play doh, lightbulbs, electric heaters, smoke detectors, bricks, bees, the list goes on and on but I’ll keep it short
Final score:
29points
#22
I'm thankful for my existence.
Final score:
27points
#23
My sister! Without her, I wouldn't have been able to survive 3 deaths in the family in 2 years, being stuck 3000 miles away and unable to say my last goodbyes due to the pandemic, or being able to go back to school and eventually pull myself out of poverty to have a great job and future. She spent the better part of 5 years taking care of our ailing father. After he passed at the beginning of the pandemic, she had no income and no place to stay. Because her sacrifices helped me, I am now in a position to help her. She is now gainfully employed, living near dear friends and feeling free. She goes on road trips with her dog and I deserves it all! She is my rock and my family forever! I am very thankful for my big sister!
Final score:
27points
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
Sorry for your losses. So glad you and your sister were able to help each other out. Many families lack this kind of closeness
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
You should show her your post. It's really beautiful what you both do for each other.
Carol Emory (Submission author) 4 years ago
Better yet, I already told her over the phone. She was crying because she was broke and unable to get out of where she was at. She kept apologizing for asking for money. I told her the above info and that I was happy to help her out after she'd helped me for so long. It made her cry even more. Later, she called me and told me how proud of me she was that I'd made it as far as I did. I told her I couldn't have done it without her. I love my sister!
Load More Replies... TurquoiseTzarina 3 years ago
my eyes are blurry and damp. so sorry for your loss. glad you have your sister.
#24
I am so thankful for my 4 besties. They help me get through the worst.
Final score:
26points
𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑 4 years ago (edited)
@ThoughtsAreNotFacts - To clarify- You "WOULD(?) trade my bestie for anything!"? ◐ˍ◑
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Ada Hunter 3 years ago
i’m grateful for my best friend, who has infinite patience and understanding while i try to work through a lot of things. he’s literally my emotional support human and he’s more than happy to be
#25
That I have a job that I actually like.
Final score:
26points
Carito alias La Cototina 3 years ago
I also have a job that I love! I became a nurse when I was in my late 40s and I love every moment of it!
#26
After a week of stressing, I am thankful for my daughter's negative covid-19 and flu tests.
Final score:
25points
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
This is why I got my flu shot in October and my COVID booster earlier this week
Terilee Bruyere (Submission author) 4 years ago
Same goes, thought I can't get my booster until next month. My daughter is 7 and we just got the vaccine to our area in the last few weeks. She has had her first dose.
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I’m very grateful for being me.
Final score:
24points
#28
Bored Panda! Love this Awesome website!!!
Final score:
24points
#29
Too many things to list. Still here for another day, my wife, my family, my doctor, and love.
Final score:
22points
#30
All the words in the world can't describe how thankful I am to have been brought up by two absolutely amazing women, one of them not even being any other kind of) relative. Thank you for having me, Mom, I cannot imagine how overwhelmingly difficult it must have been for you given the time, the place, the situation. And thank you, Gran, for looking after Mom and me, and for showing me that family isn't defined by blood that we share, but by love that we have for each other!
Final score:
22points
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
Wow! This is beautiful I am so happy for you and you are exactly right... family isn't only blood relatives!!!!
#31
I am thankful for my grandparents for raising me and taking care of me. While we’ve had our disagreements like family usually does, they are the most important people in my life. Without them, I don’t know where I would be. I’m so grateful for them. I’m also thankful for my rescue dog, Spike who is a Chihuahua and has captured all of our hearts. Also books…books galore.
Final score:
22points
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thank you so much. He's actually a rescue and that was his name when we adopted him. It fits him though because he has a fierce side to him when he's protective of something or someone.
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I am so thankful that I have a spiritual life that has provided me with comfort and insight, especially during these past two years of this horrendous pandemic.
Final score:
21points
#33
Cats, always cats.
Final score:
21points
#34
Diazepam mostly. Followed by dihydrocodeine. Followed by sleep.
Final score:
19points
#35
My grandkids and my daughters. They are the reason I am still here on this earth.
Final score:
19points
#36
I'm thankful for my loving family, my housing, and my friends.
Final score:
19points
#37
I am thankful for my amazing husband, son, and dog for helping me navigate my way through postnatal depression. It has been a tough year but bit by bit I'm getting there.
Final score:
19points
#38
I am thankful for all of my online friends who are more supportive than anyone I know irl.
Final score:
18points
#39
Boredpanda. Obviously.
Final score:
17points
#40
I am thankful to have a place to live, a job and my baby brother, who gave me a place to live. I continue to get up and suck air every day just for him even when I don't have it in me.
Final score:
17points
#41
I am a wee bit of a crankenstein, so I'm grateful that my husband laughs it off. I don't know how I'd manage if I had to be ever-so-polite every time I want my sweet boy to leave our teeny kitchen. "Out. NOW. Don't make me use the spatula..."
Final score:
17points
𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑 4 years ago (edited)
YaY! MORE pandas to be thankful for! *Psst! I am referring to your humor, M. Viviane! ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)!
Viviane (Submission author) 4 years ago (edited)
"And remember, the safe word is: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." "Not antidisestablishmentarianism?" "That was last week when I used the measuring spoons."
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Aunt Shorty 3 years ago
Crankenstein! I love it! I will be "borrowing" the title from here on out.
#42
Today I’m thankful for my antidepressants and my therapist
Final score:
17points
Kim Contreras 4 years ago
Yes, without them it's so difficult to see anything to be thankful for.
#43
I take a breath denied to my 2nd child, then rise and walk for my 1st child paralyzed at 18.
Final score:
17points
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Susan, a big hug for you. Are you responding to the treatment? Do you have enough support? I'm always here for you if you want to talk, cry, laugh or curse. XXX
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Books My family My friends My cello, and the fact that I get to play it Daisy and Una (cat and dog) All of my readers on the story that i'm writing!
Final score:
17points
#45
Not having any syndrome.
Final score:
16points
Titas Burinskas 4 years ago
It's called a no-syndrome syndrome, you have to check that with your doctor.
𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑 4 years ago
@Evelynn Johnson = I'm going to go out on a limb here to suggest you are "Tanjiro" as well? *(I ask because you two have the SAME avi!) (✿◠‿◠)
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My kids. My degrees. My privilege growing up in a moderately wealthy country and family. Never having had to really struggle when so many around me did. And to the ANC for liberating south africa from the fascists we had running us previously.
Final score:
16points
#47
I’m thankful for my independence! The opportunity to study in a whole new country and all the parks that Sydney is blessed with!
Final score:
15points
#48
My mental health worsened, but I am thanful for my therapist and psychiatrist because I know they will help me like they had before.
Final score:
14points
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
I hope you feel much better soon. Mental health is real. I too suffer from it
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
Most of my friends have lost 1 or both parents. I am so grateful to still have mine, both 85 years old.
#49
I am thankfull for all the homies
Final score:
13points
Terri Rimmer 3 years ago
I'm thankful for my daughter and my writing talent as well as my sister who practically raised me from the time I was 8.
#50
Clean Water, Shelter, and Food to eat. According to UNICEF and the CDC, 700 million people do not have access to clean water. The UN Human Settlements Program shows that there are 100 million people that are homeless. Aside from those people who experienced trauma or are going through issues out of their control, we in the first world have nothing to complain about.
Final score:
11points
#51
When I used to attend family Thanksgiving dinners, we would go around the table and say what we're thankful for. Here are some: Veggie burgers Microwave ovens Pockets That the Allies won World War II Living far away from war zones The right to vote The right to disagree and be civilized about it Having a supportive family and supportive friends Mensa Imagination Entrepreneurs A reliable and safe car
Final score:
10points
#52
Actually, I’m thankful for my last two managers who recognised and encouraged me in finding the best place for me in the company. The first ( a thinker) fought Human Resources management for a year until he could create that job for me. The second (a get it done type) recognises the added value and let’s me work my hours as I want. Now, after three years, every other Business Unit has somebody in a comparable position.
Final score:
9points
#53
My best friends and music!!!
Final score:
8points
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Two of life’s greatest rewards! Are you a musician or an ardent adherent?
Return of Saturn (Submission author) 4 years ago
I'm an aspiring singer! ^^
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Pretty much every Thanksgiving and/or birthday (especially the milestone ones - I turned 50 last December), I give thanks for three things: 1 - I am gainfully employed (and at a job I actually enjoy). 2 - I am happily married, and to my best friend. 3 - I am (relatively) healthy. I'm overweight and diabetic, but have been able to maintain it pretty well without symptoms. I am a simple man, with simple needs and wants in life, and as such I am relatively content.
Final score:
8points
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
AWESOMENESS!!! Wishing you a happy birthday early!!! And many more to come
#55
Winning the lottery of: 1) Being born in a first world country that has good healthcare. 2) That a loving SINGLE mom was able to support and raise two boys in 'working class' home, without having to rely on social safety net due to fair wages and affordable housing. 3) We always had a house to live in; not some project apartment. 4) My wife
Final score:
8points
#56
My 8th grade English teacher! I'm a sophomore now, but we still keep in touch and he's been there for me since my very first day of 8th grade!
Final score:
8points
#57
My Parents But i am a disappointment for them.😣
Final score:
8points
Hemath (Submission author) 4 years ago
That means a lot but i havd broken their hopes...:(
Load More Replies... Hemath (Submission author) 4 years ago
I am from India, my parents are very conservative. They caught me watching porn,yeah it is wrong and i truly understand that but they have not been talking to me since then and it is killing me,all those thoughts coming in my head and all that pain.It is really hard and my brother who was there for me is not with me anymore and hs been deployed for border sercuirity.
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Maybe you could try and talk to them. Just sort of force them to listen?
Load More Replies... #58
My boyfriend. I needed an MRI, there's a while mess with insurance right now, and he looked up the cost online... and paid it. Just paid it. That's not why I love him, that's just one example of the kind of person he is. He's amazing and I don't know why he loves me... but I'm so grateful that he does.
Final score:
8points
Caro Caro 4 years ago
That's sweet Madb. The MRI result turned out OK?. He love's you because you are special.
Madb vonMesser (Submission author) 4 years ago
Torn medial meniscus. I have no idea how I'm going to pay for surgery, but I'll figure it out.
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I'm thankful for cryptocurrency. I never planned for retirement. Most of my jobs were bartending or waitressing, or making cash painting. I made great money but didn't save. (But I did pay off my house). Here I am at 60 with a bum back, two bad shoulders and haven't been in the regular workforce in 20 yrs. I flipped some homes, took some of that money 5 yrs ago and put it into crypto and now I don't have to worry about my future like I was doing.
Final score:
7points
Eglė Bukauskaitė 3 years ago
crypto is just another pyramid scheme. Better get out before total collapse - there are no morons to buy bicoid for 100k!
#60
I am grateful for family.
Final score:
7points
#61
The closet I'm currently hiding from my mother-in-law in. It's surprisingly comfy...😶
Final score:
7points
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Katy Hahaha. Your MIL is not nice or do you plan to jump out when she walks by and yell BOO?
𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑 4 years ago
@Caro Caro- Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! "LUV" it! One good scare deserves another! *(If "MIL" wasn't scary, no need to hide, correct?) -Lol? o(∩_∩)o
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I am so thankful that, on October 30th, my husband and I celebrated 4 years since his surgery for pancreatic cancer. The first doctor we went to after his diagnosis told us he had 3 months to live, and he should put his affairs in order. Luckily, we went to UCSF for another opinion, and thanks to a doctor there, we are able to celebrate his life. Amazing.
Final score:
7points
#63
me being homosexual 😌 it gives me a reason to reject boys because they totally ask ME out/J
Final score:
6points
Mark Burke 4 years ago
On a nightly basis, after I go to bed, I express gratitude for at least five things that happened during the day. If I can't initially think of anything, I say thanks for my bed, my pillow, having a roof over my head, etc. Usually, that gets the ball rolling, and often I drift off to sleep expressing gratitude for many, many things--including, of course, the loved ones in my life, both human and animal, both past and present. If it was a rough day, I begin by expressing gratitude that the "damn day" is over with. That, too, gets the ball rolling. When I initially began this practice, I went to the hardware store and bought a big numeral "5" to pin on the wall opposite my bed as a reminder, but I could have probably just drawn a big "5" on a piece of paper, as far as that goes! I think it is a good practice that helps to alleviate some of my own tendency toward negativity.
Sportsgal 4 years ago
I do this too Mark! I sometimes have to stretch to think of things too, but God has blessed me with things that I try not to take for granted! I try to find joy in all circumstances, especially during this pandemic.
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#64
Always number one will be my daughter. This day and age having a decent paying job with benefits, owning a nice home, and being able to afford bills and food I realize with what little I have I actually have a lot and I some how lucked out. My heart goes out to those who have been struggling.
Final score:
6points
#65
Will Wright's wonderful game, SPORE.
Final score:
6points
Bacony Cakes (Submission author) 4 years ago
Cheers. Have a meme. half-ply-6...c7d476.png 
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deathrose 4 years ago
I need some help, I don't have social media accounts or a reddit so I'm turning to yall. I host 2 Thanksgivings a year, one on Tuesday and one on Thursday. I do this for emergency services, like EMS, fire and police, who have to work on Thanksgiving and/or are displaced from their families and want a friendly environment to celebrate in. The problem is that last year one of my friends got a new gf. She's 6 years younger than me and my husband with everyone else being 8-10 years older then us 2. I have a no recording or pictures rule in my house during especially during Thanksgiving. Some of the guest that come aren't technically "off duty", some come during their lunch break or between calls to just grab a plate. I really don't want to "expose" them when they are just trying to get some food or not feel so alone during a family holiday. Over the years I have had 0 expose for this and people learn about it from word of mouth. Last year the gf kept taking pictures and recordings and making my guests uncomfortable. I politely asked her 3 separate times to stop and when she wouldn't I kicked her out. (Which was the first and only time I've very kicked anyone out of my house) This year I told her that if she can't respect my or my guests' privacy that she's not invited at all. Now she's threatening to expose my Thanksgivings and get everyone who comes in trouble because I won't "respect her culture right as a gen Z." I have no idea what to do.
spirit wolf 4 years ago
I meant to respond to your comment, but I accidentally posted it as a general comment. Please read. Sorry about your unfortunate predicament.
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Your house, your party, your rules! Anybody who doesn't want to respect your privacy and that of your guests should be given the boot. In plain and simple terms this "gen z" is an asshole and your friend is a jerk for not respecting your traditions. Give them the boot!
AndersM 4 years ago
I'm thankful for living in one of the least corrupt countries in the world. That I was able to buy a hous and I have 3 happy and healthy kids and a wife I actually love. It sound too good to be true and that's why I'm thankful. Millions of people struggling every day just to get by.
Lovin' Life (Post author) 4 years ago
I've this. So grateful for you and your happiness
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 3 years ago
I am grateful for my Mother's advice "Never expect gratitude. That's not the point" .
Ada Hunter 3 years ago
my mental health, even though it’s a joke. it’s helped me appreciate the people who actually care. and that mentally abusive stupid boy i dated, who told me he was gonna unalive and it was all because of me. without him, i wouldn’t be the person i am now, who is a lot smarter and stronger and empathetic than i used to be.
John Barber 3 years ago
I can't have a dog where I live and I am thankful for all the good dogs I meet when I walk around.
deathrose 4 years ago
I need some help, I don't have social media accounts or a reddit so I'm turning to yall. I host 2 Thanksgivings a year, one on Tuesday and one on Thursday. I do this for emergency services, like EMS, fire and police, who have to work on Thanksgiving and/or are displaced from their families and want a friendly environment to celebrate in. The problem is that last year one of my friends got a new gf. She's 6 years younger than me and my husband with everyone else being 8-10 years older then us 2. I have a no recording or pictures rule in my house during especially during Thanksgiving. Some of the guest that come aren't technically "off duty", some come during their lunch break or between calls to just grab a plate. I really don't want to "expose" them when they are just trying to get some food or not feel so alone during a family holiday. Over the years I have had 0 expose for this and people learn about it from word of mouth. Last year the gf kept taking pictures and recordings and making my guests uncomfortable. I politely asked her 3 separate times to stop and when she wouldn't I kicked her out. (Which was the first and only time I've very kicked anyone out of my house) This year I told her that if she can't respect my or my guests' privacy that she's not invited at all. Now she's threatening to expose my Thanksgivings and get everyone who comes in trouble because I won't "respect her culture right as a gen Z." I have no idea what to do.
spirit wolf 4 years ago
I meant to respond to your comment, but I accidentally posted it as a general comment. Please read. Sorry about your unfortunate predicament.
Load More Replies... spirit wolf 4 years ago
Your house, your party, your rules! Anybody who doesn't want to respect your privacy and that of your guests should be given the boot. In plain and simple terms this "gen z" is an asshole and your friend is a jerk for not respecting your traditions. Give them the boot!
AndersM 4 years ago
I'm thankful for living in one of the least corrupt countries in the world. That I was able to buy a hous and I have 3 happy and healthy kids and a wife I actually love. It sound too good to be true and that's why I'm thankful. Millions of people struggling every day just to get by.
Lovin' Life (Post author) 4 years ago
I've this. So grateful for you and your happiness
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 3 years ago
I am grateful for my Mother's advice "Never expect gratitude. That's not the point" .
Ada Hunter 3 years ago
my mental health, even though it’s a joke. it’s helped me appreciate the people who actually care. and that mentally abusive stupid boy i dated, who told me he was gonna unalive and it was all because of me. without him, i wouldn’t be the person i am now, who is a lot smarter and stronger and empathetic than i used to be.
John Barber 3 years ago
I can't have a dog where I live and I am thankful for all the good dogs I meet when I walk around.
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