What Are You Grateful For?

November is the month of Thanksgiving. My grandma used to say, “A joyful heart comes from contentment.” And she was right—when we choose gratitude, happiness naturally follows.

So, what are you grateful for?

As for me, I am grateful for many things.

I am grateful for my family—my husband, my children, my parents, and my brother.
I am grateful for my cousins, grandparents, aunts, and uncles.
I am grateful for my friends, my neighbors, my brothers and sisters in church, my coworkers, and my bosses.

I am grateful for my job, my income, my health, my home, my neighborhood, and my country.

I am even grateful for the difficulties I’ve faced, because they have made me stronger.

I am grateful for the people who hurt me, because they helped me grow and taught me about humanity.
I am grateful for the illness I live with, because it reminds me to appreciate what I have.
I am grateful for both the roses and the thorns, because together they teach me to see beauty with awe.

I am grateful for thunderstorms, because they make the sunshine feel brighter.
I am grateful for the cold winter, because it gives nature time to rest and renew.

We are grateful for the blessings in our lives—the obvious ones and the hidden ones.

We are grateful for the good that happens to us.
We are grateful for the bad that happens to us, because things could always be worse.
We are grateful for our struggles, because they remind us how fortunate we still are.

When we count our blessings—both the smooth and the rough—we learn to accept, appreciate, and marvel at the miracle of life.

Life is beautiful. Life is full of colors.

If there were no darkness, how could we recognize the light?
If the road were always flat, how could we enjoy life’s ups and downs?
If there were no evil, how could we recognize an angel?
If there were no pain, how could we learn endurance?

In this season of Thanksgiving, we pause to count our blessings. We give thanks for what we have—and even for what we don’t have.

Because what we have right now is what we are meant to have in this moment.

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