There are so many things to be thankful for. Things we don't even think about, or even notice in our lives. We simply just don't take the time to consider what wonderful things surround us. I feel so self absorbed sometimes that I don't even notice the spectacular things happening around me. What makes it so hard to just give a couple seconds of our days to think about or reflect upon what keeps us going, day in and day out? I just want to know why I can't make this a daily ritual. So, form this moment since I have the hardest time setting time aside to think about what makes my life worth living I'll just talk about it here! To create a habit it takes 21 days to make it part of your day. For day one, here we go!

My parents: These people have raised me with all the grace and love parents should give their children. They constantly want me to succeed even if they might not want me to grow up. They have blessed me with life and a life of such wealth even the richest man on earth can't buy. I'm thankful that they have let me grow up like a child should and let go when they know it was time for me to experience the world. With all of the things they have done for me: getting me ready for school dances, sending me away to college, letting me travel to New York during the summer, I just don't know how God has blessed me with people that willingly and continuously let the world me at my feet. I have no right to not love them. I have no right to ever say "I hate them," because who could hate people that let you become the person you were destined to? Only love and thanks are needed here.

My friends: I'll need a filling cabinet to sort through all the people that have filled my life with so much love and laughter. It's sort of thinking about the sun; the warmth of the rays against your skin, the bright and vibrate color it gives the green leaves on trees, flowers their sweet smells and the the growth it gives to everyone a like. Without them I am 100% sure I would be doing dope on some street corner of downtown Detroit. I want to name everyone right now, but will in later posts. In general, though, the amazing embrace I experience with the countless people in my life give me strength to be who I am.  

As for others things I'm thankful for I will continue to be writing about them in the future.