I have been trying to think about all week on how I would post/write in my journal/ discuss this 2010 holiday. Well I didn't post on thanksgiving,  I didn't write in my journal and I have yet to discuss it with anyone really. So here goes nothing :D

Its a universal truth that gratitude is a quality most humans over look entirely a some point in their lives. It is also said the world believes Americans are greedy  a bit stuffy, and a lot stuck up. This all said we are the only country to have a day dedicated to thanksgiving.

The familiar themes around the table at our thanksgiving meals, family friends, safety and roofs over our heads. Which in all honesty are things we can never get enough of and should all be incredibly thankful for everyday we live.

As this holiday came and went I didn't even give it much of a thought. It must seem odd.  commercial adds all over, my grandparents at my house, working at a store advertising holidays. I felt like it was another week came and went.

I had to wonder if this unimportance stems from all of the things I am trying to digest. So if it is, then I have separated my self successfully from people in general, their emotions and their holidays.

But today I thought about things I am grateful for... they weren't the usuals.
I am thankful for music. I like a lot people sing my emotions out. Usually by myself on the way home from work.
I am thankful for books, ones that are simply someone else struggling to find peace, and forgive themselves and others. They teach me and guide me in the ways around the issues I have at hand.
I am thankful for love, for the joy it gives, the time spent cultivating it, the pain it can cause, the way it shapes society, the way it is ever present in our lives, the way we need to be loved, and the many things it inspires.

"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." -- Robert Frost
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 I am grateful for this year of my life which has shown me, I have so much to explore experience and learn. I am grateful for my talents, my love for weird things, and my ability to live in a free country.

I hope that this holiday season, everyone has a chance to grow, to love and to laugh. To experience the miracles of a great thing called family to be surround by those who love you, and to smile until it hurts. My best wishes and warmth are with you this season. Lets have a great season, I love you all:)

Christmas 2008