Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. If you're like me, every time you go on Facebook, someone is posting what they're thankful for. In the spirit of the season, today, I want to talk about one thing I'm very thankful for: writing.
Photo by Nana B Agyei (creative commons). Adapted by The Write Practice.
This has been a good year for my writing. This year, the little blog that I started in 2011 (this very one you're reading right now) went from 30,000 or so readers per month to over 200,000 readers. Pretty cool, right? Earlier this year, I got to live and write in Paris for several months, an amazing experience for any writer. Then, just this week, a writer who took my course thanked me for my role in helping her finish NaNoWriMo this month—several days early, no less—something she had never done before.
It has been a good year, but even if it wasn't, I would be thankful for writing. Even when it's hard, even when I want to quit, I know that some of my best and proudest moments have come out of my writing. Writing has been a gift.
Top 3 Reasons I'm Thankful for Writing
In no particular order, here are the top reasons I'm thankful for writing. I'd love to hear yours in the comments section.
1. I Love Making Things
In a consumer society, there's something counter-cultural about making something on your own, even if that thing is just an article, a book, or a blog post. Sometimes, I open up The Write Practice and I think, “Wow. I helped make this. I created something.”
2. I Love Simplicity and Beauty
I'm most satisfied when I can take complex ideas and thoughts and turn them into something simple, clean, and beautiful. I don't always achieve that, but I'm grateful I get to strive for it.
3. I Love Giving
The world is overrun with words. We have more books, more articles, more writing than ever in the history of the world. So perhaps I'm not offering the world much by adding my own voice to the noise.
Still, however small an impact my writing is making in the world, I love using my talents to serve others. I love hearing when my words have improved someone's day. I hope, at some point, they've made an impact on yours.
Yes, Writing Is Difficult. Be Thankful Anyway.
There's something powerful about thankfulness. It refreshes us. Thankfulness gives us new eyes to see things that have become commonplace and rote. With so much marketing around us, with so many people telling us what we have is not enough, thankfulness opens the soul to the possibility of contentment.
I could use some contentment today. Could you?
Why are you thankful for writing? Share in the comments section.
PRACTICE
Spend some time free writing today, writing about whatever you want. And as you write, think about how thankful you are that you get to do this.
When you're finished, post a two to three paragraphs of your writing in the comments section. And if you post, be sure to give feedback on a few practices by other writers.
Enjoy your writing today!
Reasons I’m thankful…
1. I love being creative, in any form, but especially in writing.
2. I love the intellectual challenge.
3. I love being part of such an intimate, magical exchange between myself and my readers.
I second all three reasons above. We writers have one of the most magical, challenging and socially significant jobs of human civilization. We get to create or tell stories and share them with our fellow human beings in the form not merely of words, but of art. We get to open minds, enchant hearts, inspire ambitions and fulfill the thirst for knowledge.
This is the closest thing to Heaven I can personally think of. I am grateful every moment of every day for this.
Yes! Writing is a powerful tool and wielding it is exciting, yet frustrating and exhausting but overall rewarding, deeply rewarding for the writer and the reader.
I love being part of such an intimate, magical exchange — Yes A.J. Me too.
I love also being part of the community of writers as well as the simple daily crafty communion with the words.
Crafty Communion. Nice phrase, Audrey. 🙂
Intimate and magical. Well said. Thanks A.J.
I love your post. It definitely resounds with why I write. Thank you for sharing your spin on why we write.
I’m thankful because,
1. It’s the one place I can express myself, as myself, and lie about it.
2. I get to live in another person’s head for a long time which helps me keep perspective about others’ points of view in “real” life.
3. I can remain family focused. I can be where I have to be when someone else needs me to be there.
I have a love/hate relationship not with writing, but with publishing! Love to write, hate to publish.
1. Ha. I think I know what you mean.
Interesting. Why do you hate publishing so much?
Two reasons. I don’t feel I’m very good at marketing myself/my work. It takes me away from writing. I’m not very good at having to write and market at the same time. What I really need is to sell enough that I can hire someone else to do that part for me! Everyone says that having more than one book is the way to success but if I have to spend so much time marketing, how can I write at the same time? I think NaNoWriMo is a very good example of what I’m “challenged” with. I am doing really really well getting this novel down. Half way through the month and I’m 3000 words away from the 50,000 goal. I’m doing nothing but writing. Where would I be if I had to be marketing at the same time? There is so much out there telling me how to market successfully, but I haven’t, as yet, found a happy medium…
I’m with you, Lisa. Love the writing and everything about the magic of words and meaning. But the business of writing and the publishing industry is a jungle that requires brute strength, stamina and a trust fund…
I agree, the publishing industry is tough and I know that when that time comes for me it will be difficult, now I just focus on writing and reading. I do hope to get help with publishing when I am in graduate school with connections and networking but its not my only via. The awesome thing is that technology is causing big changes, faster than we can adapt and as you say, with brute strength and stamina we can make it using the web and our own resources.
I agree with you, Lisa. I forgot about the lying part!
Every year, at Thanksgiving, my mom burned the ass of the turkey. Being so young when it started – my brothers and I ranged from 6 to 10 – we called it the infamous ‘black bottom.’
Unfortunately (or fortunately), like a faucet, once she burned it, mom couldn’t stop. Every single year, when we did our drum rolls (I liked to beat box), and she lifted off the aluminum foil, the black bottom would stare at us like a big, brown eye.
At first, it was infuriating. Mom was never the best cook, but we thought the old mantra, ‘learn from your mistakes,’ would eventually kick in. But every year, the turkey’s butt seemed to be more pronounced, like a spreading cancer.
After awhile, though, it seemed to morph on its own, and became a trophy of honor. By the fourth year, we were fighting over who got it.
Dad, caught up in it all, had us walk around the table, musical chairs style. When he stopped the tape playing from my boom box, whoever was closest won the black bottom. Smiling and nodding like it was Olympic gold, dad would carefully carve the charred circle and set it on a plate. Then, we’d all have to sing The Hallelujah Chorus as he passed the plate to the winner.
Looking back, I think he played it up, like a big inside joke, because he loved spurning our excitement over a black ass.
Either way, winning was a huge deal. Don’t get me wrong, we’d never eat it. But the winner would prominently display it on the edge of his plate, propped up on a small pile of mashed potatoes. And when he wanted attention, he just had to beat on it like a drum and everyone had to stare. It was impossible not to.
When dinner was over, everyone would line up and make a procession to the trash can. There, the winner – quite sadly – would stab the black bottom, heft it up on a fork over his head, then drop it in the trash.
One year, dad got a copy of Taps and quietly played it in the background.
I love this family story The Cody. For me, a foreigner, it seems quintessentially American in its irreverence and intimacy, especially with the music coming out of the boom box;)
Laughed out loud at this story, Cody. Sounds like you had a grand childhood with parents who were playful, such great inspiration for stories like this one. Loved it all, well done!
Great story! What a fun family. Is anyone continuing the tradition?
Thanks so much! The actual event was much less exciting. I figured I’d spruce it up a bit here 🙂
Now that to me is one of the beauties of writing. We can take the mundane and spruce it up… Turning an ordinary event into a joy or an inspiration- isn’t that a gift? We’ve got much to be grateful for…
This is a great family tradition! Even played up a bit, it’s wonderful. Families should always have inside jokes like this.
Thanks for sharing this it totally got a laugh out of me. It made me feel like A Christmas Story hahah 🙂 Reads smooth and natural I like the way you make the language flow beautifully.
Hey Joe
Thanks for the post, I love your reasons for being thankful.
For me, it’s also about creativity, about making something from nothing. It’s one of the few times in my life when I’m still and silent 🙂
The other thing for me is in being able to escape. I’m thankful that I have the chance to escape my reality and enter that of my characters. Throughout my life, reading has given me this, and now I have the capacity, through writing, to do it for myself and hopefully others!
Cheers
Mike
I thought being a writer would give me more chances to escape. Mostly, it does the opposite, connects me more deeply to reality (sometimes painfully so). Also at those worst moments, it’s writing itself I want to escape from. But I’m glad for you at least it offers escape. 🙂
Thanks Mike!
and it does Joe. It helps me to escape a lot of them, especially if they are bad.
Why am I thankful for writing? Two reasons. One, without writing, I have no way to express myself. There are days when writing is the only way to vent my frustrations and fears. I am not an extrovert. People say I am socially awkward. In the time it takes to formulate sentences, my brain jumps ahead to the next idea. Writing allows me to collect those thoughts and organize them , or at least get them down on paper.
Reason two: I feel the need to create. Ever since I was little, I had ideas. Whether it was characters for a show I watched, or a show I created myself. In middle school, I crafted stories chronicling the adventures of Detective Falcon and his quest to save the city. My classmates loved my stories. It wasn’t until high school, and later in college, that I discovered a passion for being creative. I felt writing was my outlet to unleash the creative side.
I believe God gave me the talent to write. I love being creative and it’s been a productive instrument in my development. That is why I am thankful for writing.
Beautifully said, George. Thank you for sharing this. Also, Detective Falcon needs to make a comeback. 🙂
I love what you shared, George! Especially the part about the validation you got from your middle school peers. I remember as a 6th grader having to write a Halloween story for an assignment, then being chosen by my teacher to read it in front of my classmates, many of whom really enjoyed it. Boy, 6th graders sure are easy to please. ; ) And I can totally relate to writing being the only way to vent frustrations and fears at times. Thanks for sharing your story.
(On a side note, I can’t believe I’m just now discovering The Write Practice. What a wonderful community here!)
I’m thankful for writing because it’s lead me to worlds I never would have discovered otherwise. Because I believe that to be a skilled writer, you have to follow Stephen King’s advice — read alot and write alot — and through reading alot, I’ve inhabited worlds that aren’t accessible to me “in real life.” The very idea that one can be transported anyplace on Earth, to have any experience they wish, simply through reading is miraculous! And if I didn’t write, I don’t know that I would have discovered that.
Love this, George. Writing is most definitely a gift and one to be grateful for because it plays so many roles in our lives. Like you said, it is a way to express yourself, also a way of venting out dark thoughts, and a way to exercise our imagination and creativity.
Great post, Joe – I am thankful every day for this gift of words and the desire to write them, read them and pray for them…
I have been a story teller since I was six years old when my mother had her
first series of electro shock therapy. I told stories to keep my 4 younger
sisters quiet while Mom slept. She slept most of my childhood. I spent 50 years
wanting to be a writer and boy, I wrote a lot, but never believed I had
anything worth reading until a friend of mine was diagnosed with terminal lung
cancer and asked for encouraging words. I didn’t know what to send her so I sent her letters about my wild and messy life. In six months, I wrote her 102 letters and her request gave birth to my first book.I am thankful for writing because:
* I can be more vulnerable when I’m writing and that vulnerability is liberating and healing
* I can check out dark rooms and discover they aren’t so terrifying when my
writing shines a light on what’s inside
* I can use my words to inspire and offer hope to others who have been
afraid of their own dark rooms
Beautiful. I love #2
thx, Mirel!
That’s beautiful, Margaret. Sometimes life is strange and mysterious.
you are so right, Carol – thank you!
I’m thankful for many things that I could list with very little effort. I’m not sure that I would have put writing on my thankful list had it not been suggested in this blog post. But come to think of it, that’s a good thing to be thankful for. If it wasn’t for my love of writing, some of my moments of great joy would go unrecorded and often forgotten.
On Wednesday I had one of those special days that need to be remembered. Reflecting back at the end of the day, I had that oh so happy feeling all over my body. Do you know the feeling that I’m talking about? I felt lucky, content, grateful, and especially loved.
The morning started out with a phone call from my grown son. He was close by and wanted to know if I was making coffee. He stopped in for maybe 10 minutes. Not even enough time to finish his cup, but enough time to chat about the kids, have a few laughs, a quick hug and an “I love you” on his way out the door. That unexpected drop-in gave me so much pleasure and was a great start to my day.
When I left the house a few hours later, I called my daughter and happily reached her. She was in between dogs at the grooming salon where she works. I stopped by at her suggestion and we too were able to enjoy a few minutes together. She gave me an abbreviated catch up on her work, her husband, her life. She looked adorable in her black nylon grooming smock with the little doggie emblem. I got a few good hugs in and was grateful for those short sweet minutes,
From there I drove just blocks away to visit my 92 year old mom and run a few errands with her. My mother is still mentally sharp and more beautiful than ever. My siblings and I recently moved her from her home in Palm Desert to a lovely Independent living residence not far from me. She has adapted to this new home in a remarkably short time. She’s involved in the activities that are offered there, has acquired a group of women friends whom she dines with every evening, plays cards in a regular game on Saturday nights, and is thankful and grateful to be so close to all of her kids, grandkids and great grandkids. My mom expresses that appreciation to me all the time.
Next stop on my awesome Wednesday was picking up my 7 year old grandson from school. His mom (my daughter-in-law) had an appointment with my granddaughter that afternoon so it was just the two of us. It’s not often that I get to be with just one of my grandchildren without the other although I do “babysit” both of them every Thursday while their mom works for several hours in the afternoon. But this day was just me and Eli. He declined my suggestion to go out to lunch so we made lunch together at home. We then spent part of our afternoon drawing in the sunny backyard – one of our favorite things to do together. After that we played cards, and then he taught me how to play one of his new board games. When his drum teacher arrived, Eli wanted me to sit in on his lesson. I got to watch and listen as he took instructions and moved his adorable little boy hands making amazing trills and repeated melodic drum beats mimicking the sounds that Taylor demonstrated. When “the girls” returned later that afternoon my granddaughter ran in from the garage with hugs and smiles. I got to hear all about their afternoon from her and spend a short but delicious bit of time before the three of them were off to their next scheduled event of the day – HIp-Hop class.
I drove away feeling like my day had been filled with great worth. I was satisfied. I felt needed and loved. I felt lucky and special. When I beat myself up for not accomplishing enough in a day, not writing enough, not reading enough, not contributing enough, I’ll try to reflect back on this day and remind myself of what’s really important.
The reasons I’m thankful for writing.
I love creating a story from scratch. I love words too. A
word here, a word there, or a word deleted can make so much difference to a
story. Writing is like building a house, and when you’re finished, you stand back
and say, I hope they like it’ (your audience).
Even if your
audience shake their heads, shut their eyes and clap their hands over their ears,
it doesn’t matter because you have tried. You’ll drag out the story and see
where you’ve gone wrong or where it can be improved-
And when it’s improved, you’ll hear thunderous applause, and
you’ll take a bow (just kidding). You’ll feel satisfied because when a story is
well-done your creative soul will be satisfied.
“…your creative soul will be satisfied.” Love that phrase! In any form of art especially in writing, the writer/artist has to constantly empty out the cache of inspiration so that it can again be filled then again emptied out, its a constant cycle.
Thanks for the post, I love your reasons for being thankful. For me, it’s also about creativity, about making something from nothing. I always try to make things better, to change myself and live better. Thank you.
I think that your perspective is deep, its just well thought out and really fantastic to see someone who knows how to put these thoughts down so well.
The grateful that you mention it really valuable and meaningful as what comes from deep inside of your feelings. It was respectful.
I am thankful for everything about what I’ve been blessed with, and I thank you for being so helpful in your comments, and your positive feedback and good advice. May your day today be full of memorable thoughts to jot down in your lifes book!” Sequoia Cougar
Yes indeed, Sequoia. Thanks so much for this comment and happy Thanksgiving!
As soon as I knew how to turn letters into words, I became a writer. I wrote stories, journals, and letters. I had numerous pen pals as a kid (before the internet age of course). I have always loved writing.
I had a whole series of stories about my magical horses, Black Thunder (black with a white mane and tail) and White Lightning (my parents got a kick out of this name, but I didn’t know why) (white horse with black mane and tail). Then my dogs made appearances, and they could always talk to me. These were not incredible stories and sadly I have lost the notebooks they were all written in. But I remember the general feeling of wonder and excitement as I made up all the happenings in this magical world.
My high point as a young writer was when the Minneapolis Star & Tribune printed two of my essays in one year. It was so exciting to see my name and words in print!
Then life took hold. High school, boys, college, children, work. I’ve always kept journals, but my desire for creative writing has never waned.
So this year, I am grateful that I have finally pursued that dream. I have met great online friends who are also writers and have encouraged me, and helped me shape up my abilities. I am grateful for this Write Practice site for giving me so many easily-digestible bits of advice, and opportunities to practice writing different things each day. And I am grateful for having the time to write the novel I am working on and the short stories I also write.
I have always loved creating. Cross stitch, knitting, graphic design, you name it. But in my heart I have always been a writer. And I am most myself when I am creating a world and people that become so real to me, I dream about them and have conversations with them in my mind as well as on the page.
There are many things I am grateful for, but I’m glad to have this chance to note just how thankful I am for writing!
TWO essays? That sounds like an amazing experience, Jennifer. Thank you for sharing your writing journey, and letting me know how The Write Practice has helped. I hope you have a fantastic holiday weekend with lots of writing time!
Jennifer, that is wonderful. I can relate to so much of what you said. Writing is my default. Describing The Write Practice as “easily-digestible” is exactly why I like it too. So practical and doable.
I am thankful for those in the know in the publishing world who take the time to help the novice learn. I am learning so much about the craft. I am thankful we live in a country in which we can choose our lot in life. We are not boxed in. Even if our schooling puts us on a certain path, as Americans, we can reinvent ourselves. Those who celebrated the first Thanksgiving had that hope that we still celebrate today.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
I agree, Melodie. It is a privilege to be in this country where access to information is at our fingertips and for sites like The Write Practice that allow writers to sharpen their skills by urging them to practice, also by giving them the opportunity to give and receive feedback and learn from one another.
Jennifer, this is lovely! I also have a long background with writing and it is where I feel at home and free. I am new to the Write Practice but am already smitten with this site. I agree, the information is “easily-digestible” and I’d add fun and engaging! Shakespeare said,”brevity is the soul of wit” and this site is most definitely full of wit and I can appreciate that, especially in a time when our busy schedules get in the way. So easy to read from my phone and come back to later to participate and practice writing.
I love writing. It makes me feel good about my life and the things that are happening in it. Especially with the things that are bad because when things go wrong I can just take my pen and paper and write them into a story. It is amazing how it turns out at the end. It makes me happy.
Writing and my family is what I am thankful for.
Agreed Kimberly! Writing makes me feel great too, just like reading this comment does. Happy Thanksgiving!
I am so very grateful for Joe Bunting and The Write Practice. It has given the focus and helped me meet other riders. Amidst 400 to 500 emails a day, I always stop and read The Write Practice because it makes me think, or gives me a new way to look at something. Thank you, Joe.
Wow. That means a lot, Margie. Thanks for sharing this with me and thank you so much for taking the time out of your Thanksgiving holiday to read and share. I really appreciate it. 🙂
Through writing I am thankful to have the opportunity to explore my inner self and articulate it to others in a beautiful and expressive way. Others have a chance to understand what I may not be able to say verbally.
I’m grateful for that, too, Sunny. And for you and your time and attention. Happy Thanksgiving!
That is a great thing about writing. I often find myself at a loss for the words I need to express myself verbally, but in writing, can express myself more fully and truly. Happy Thanksgiving!
thankful for writing – wish there was a SHARE button for facebook…
You too, Robin? Glad I’m not alone. 🙂
For facebook, you should be able to click the “LIKE” button and it will open up a box to share it. Thanks!
I am thankful for all of the writers on this cite. There are no writers in my family so I’m all on my own as I try to write my stories and essays. All of the deliberate practice and the feedback helps me as I try to find my own style and continue writing. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! Enjoy your turkey and your writings. Happy thanksgiving.
It’s our pleasure, Helaine! Thanks for being part of the community!
Same here, Helaine. It is gratifying to find and become part of the Write Practice writing family.
I’m grateful for you as well Helaine though I know it’s not only me that you are referring to. When you commented on my piece, (on this practice https://thewritepractice.com/in-medias-res/ ) I was truly surprised and happily delighted. I have truly doubted if my scenes were descriptive enough since i constantly find myself rushing. You enjoy your thanksgiving as well, (though mine is done) Cheers!
Miriam, never doubt your writing ability. Your details never cease to astound me with the intrinsic placing and the bold style. I enjoy reading each of your pieces and always look forward to reading your posts. Thank you for sharing you gift with all of us eager readers. Because you are truly blessed with you ability.
Thank You Helaine
That is lovely, Helaine, and it is a great benefit, the few times I have had the nerve to share on here, to have the comments, kind and helpful, from other writers. Happy Thanksgiving!
Everyday I aim to constantly practice
gratitude because it is easy to overlook the small yet meaningful things in
life while in the midst of daily battles, but it never occurred to me that I
could be grateful for writing.
Before I could understand the mechanics of writing, the creative power
in writing, and overall the discovery in it, I was writing. I really began with
funny looking sketches with a word here and there until soon it was just words
on the page.
At the age of about 13 I began reading my journal entries,
making notes and comments—dated and initialed. Writing allowed for me to watch my own growth, to revisit
both sad and happy moments and even laugh at my episodes of silliness.
By the time I was in that early high school faze I found joy and solace in poetry writing and still write poetry till this day. I feel my writing voice is strongest there,
even so, I’m interested in short story and fiction writing and have a piece I
have revisited and am currently working on.
Today apart from being thankful for my family, friends, and simply being here and
alive, I am thankful for writing. Writing allows my thoughts to organize
themselves on the page, it assert my goals with ink, and pulls the burdens from
my chest and takes them upon the page, purging the spirit clearing a deep way
into the soul. Finally, I am thankful for the Write Practice because it has
urged me to get out of my own way and simply practice writing, no matter what.
Additionally, I am also thankful for my fellow writers on the Write Practice
because now I do not feel alone and that motivates me to work even harder.
The Write Practice has helped me become more confidant and generally helped with my writing as well Kirsis. This is indeed a truly helpful and, as i would say, a magical one. Hope you enjoy your thanksgiving or what’s left of it. Cheers!
Wow, you were definitely born to be a writer, weren’t you? And it is helpful to have a daily practice session to count on. Sometimes the hardest thing can be to just write, and this site helps a lot with that. I’m glad we’ve both found it!
There are so many things to be thankful for Joe that it would take me articles and articles to write about. So I’ve decided to narrow it down to what I am most thankful for as a writer.
I am thankful for my voice. It has allowed me countless times to see the world in a different light, to observe the world as others sometimes cannot see.
I am thankful for my imagination. I dare not think of how dull the world would be if I had not been able minded enough to daydream. Even though class time is probably not the best time. With my imagination active, i am able to dream and become what ever crazy thing I can.
I am thankful for mistakes. They help me realize that I’m not perfect yet but when my mistakes become less common in certain things, they help me realize that i’m growing.
I am thankful for you Joe and The Write Practice. Without you I’d probably still be a little girl to afraid to fail then actually write. You have helped me become a fuller(if that’s a word) writer and I thank you for that.
I realize now that I could go on and on with this as well. You open one door to see what you are thankful for and many more await. Most of all I am thankful for the ability to become. To be better, start again, make mistakes, be human and not let anyone get the better of me. Thank you once again for this wonderful website. Happy thanksgiving all!
Miriam N aka Weaverofwords aka learning writer and so forth 😉
“when words are craftily put together, we discover we have wings” that’s one of the things am most grateful about writing.
Am a fine artist by certificate. i have a degree in ceramics. As an artist, i love to create, i love taking my time to produce a masterpiece in my works.
“Duru i love your finishing, its so smooth and professional” those are the words of my Lecturer back in school. i always hear those words echo in my ears whenever i work on my ceramic pieces.
As fate may have it, i finally turned out to be a writer. Writing to me, is my passion. i have been writing even before i entered higher institution. but because then we were all aspiring to be lawyers and doctors and all that… taking writing as a career wasnt in the list
“When words are craftily put together, we discover we have wings” I love that quote. I find myself carried away with my words, enjoying their very sound. I am as well thankful for Words and writing.
I’m so thankful that I subscribed to this wonderful site. Thanks a ton Joe for your beautiful articles. Everyday when I open my mailbox, the first of all the posts that I open is yours.
Thanks goes to people like you who help others online through their websites or proving material helpdul in learning. I’m reading your blog as well as other blogs for quite sometime, and seriously I’ve learnt many things which were not possible for me learn in the place where I live, I’m very thankful to God, who has created such great people, who help others.
And this is what I’ve written myself and want to share it ‘THANKS,’.
This is my true story in short version but soon I’ll update it when I’ll learn more and
have time to spend on such a great work as writing.
A Person Who Was Known As A Psycho.
I remember the day when all my friends made fun of me by saying that I’m a psycho, because they think I speak non-sense and I’m out of mind: I was feeling so bad that I was thinking my life is purposeless and no-one cares about me. That whole day I was thinking if I’m a psycho then why I do things most of the time consciously, and I don’t think that if someone is a psycho he can be conscious at all. Same happened with me many times after that day, and my life was just very hard for me, because when everyone makes fun of you by saying you a psycho, a mad person, it really hurts. I started hating my life that time, and I was not happy at all after that day, then one day I asked my father that my all friends tell me I’m a psycho is that true? He said they’re just trying to make you feel like that because they don’t like you or it’s that they feel jealous about you. And that was just something new anyone said to me, and it really is great to hear such brilliant words, after some hours I became again self-motivated about myself and started loving my life the way it was. Even though this day many people call me as psycho and laugh at me, at my words, and even at my walking style, but I don’t care about them and I’m so happy with the way I’m.
English is not my primary language but I have strong desire to learn it, and to be a writer; don’t care good or bad, but yes a writer.
I’m thankful for the opportunity to say I’m thankful.
Is that enough?
There must be more.
I’m thankful that I got to spend the day with my mother.
I’m thankful that she travelled 500 kms to see me.
I’m thankful that she makes me laugh and cares about my health, my sleep, my job my life, the bags under my eyes, my diet, my kids, my dog.
I’m thankful that the seizure she had last week didn’t take her to a place far away.
I’m thankful that the aneurysms the neuron-surgeon discovered are un-ruptured and now they can monitor her health.
I’m thankful that modern science is available through our health system.
I’m thankful that I had today, and tomorrow is looking good too.
I’m thankful of the many reminders that I get that life is fragile and not always going to be the same… And from that pounces forth the reminder to be grateful for today.
I’m thankful that I’ve had the chance to free-form write my thankfulness.
It’s made me realise the treasures of my family and the bounty of the country in which I live.
All else seems likes extras, the frilly fancy bits: just shiny sparkly extras that we use to spice up life’s delightfully demanding or drudge-like dulling edge.
And most of all I’m thankful for the champagne oxygen that tumbles down my throat, that fills my lungs, that lifts my chest, that kisses through my heart.
🙂
How so awesomely delightful! I love the way you sing your thankfulness. Thrilling to read and heartfelt, love the way your words flow one after the other I’m thankful that you write 🙂
Wow .. Thanks to you too for such a nice feedback.
Regards Dawn