29 THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR
There are 29 things to be thankful for in this Article. When you hear the word thankful, what comes to mind? Appreciation, gratefulness etc. Being thankful is a conscious state of the mind and until you pay attention to the seemingly little things of life available to you, you won’t be thankful enough. Yes life happens but we must stay thankful through the good and bad times. The irony of thankfulness is that the more thankful you are, the more you begin to notice the good things in your live you once took for granted and the more you become open to receiving more . Do not wait for something big to happen before you become thankful, be thankful for the little things which will eventually pave way for the big things.
You can either waste your time being sad, hopeless or helpless or spend your time counting your blessings and focusing on things you have rather than on things you do not have. A thankful heart always receives more.
BREATH OF LIFE
The first of the 29 things to be thankful for is the breath of life because when there is life there is hope. For the fact that you can breathe means you still have hope for tomorrow. Many are no more but you are privileged to be counted amongst the living. You need to be thankful for this.
FOOD ON THE TABLE
Be thankful for the fact that you have food and can eat. You need to be thankful for the little and not so little things of life. Some have food and are not able to eat while some are able to eat but beg for food. When you have both, it is enough reason to be thankful whether the food is small, large, meagre and or a balanced diet.
SHELTER
After a Day’s job, If you have a home to go to and lay your head, then you should be thankful and not take it for granted. Be thankful for shelter over your head and having a place to call home. Imagine after a day’s job not having a place to rest your head and left with sleeping on the street or living inside your car.
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MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD
It’s a privilege to be able to use your hands to work and provide your daily bread. Most times we are quick to complain about how much we don’t like our jobs, forgetting that most people are praying to have the kind of jobs that we have. For the fact that you have a place to go to when you wake up, be it your business or a 9-5 and can provide for yourselves is enough reason to be thankful. You can provide your daily bread and do not have to beg before you can eat. Even if you aspire for a better job, that should not deprive you from being thankful for what you have presently. My Dad would always say a bird in the hand is better than two in the Bush.
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Family, friends and relationships help you see the essence of life. This is to live, love and serve. Imagine going through this world alone. No family, no friends, no relationship. It would have been the loneliest experience ever. Be thankful to see the essence of life through them.
There are families and there are families, there are friends and there are friends. Be thankful for ours.
MISTAKES
Lessons are meant to be learnt from mistakes and left in the past. Do you live in regret because of what you have done in the past? Be thankful for every lessons learnt from your mistakes and how it has made you become a better version of yourself. Mistakes helps us see the other side of life. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes because a person that never makes mistake has never really tried. Life is about trying and failing and then trying and succeeding. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes but be afraid of letting them live in your present. Dust yourself and forge ahead.
MOTHER NATURE
Look around you and see that you are surrounded by nature’s beauty. You have the privilege to smell, see and feel the beauty of nature. For the reason that you have your senses and they are still working even if not all working is enough to be thankful. You have eyes to see the beautiful things of life, hands to feel them, nose to smell nature and the beautiful flower and trees around you. For this you ought to be thankful.
THE GIFT OF CHOICE
Be thankful for the gift of choice and every right decision you have had to make. For the wisdom to know what to do and the ability to implement them. Most of the time, we take making decisions with levity. We tend to forget that some people have made decisions that made or marred them. Decisions could be as simple as going on that trip, taking that job offer, marrying that person, buying that car or that house. I am thankful for every right decisions that I have made that has brought me this far, the wisdom to make them and the ability to implement them.
GOOD HEALTH
It’s a privilege to be hale and hearty. You may not have money in the bank but you need to be thankful for this wealth money cannot buy. It’s a blessing from God. You may not have money, gold or silver but you are wealthy. If good health could be sold, many could never afford it.
GOOD COMPANY
You need to be thankful if you have people who give you good advises and guide you to make the right decision. Not everyone is opportune to have people like this in their lives. It is a blessing if you have people who cheer you on, are there for you no matter what, who are not afraid to tell you the truth even if its going to hurt you and people who guide you to make the right decision. They could be your family, friends and even close associates.
PEACE AND JOY
The peace that passeth all understandings. That peace that helps you remain calm even in the midst of troubles and peace that only God can give.We tend to take peace and joy for granted. These are divine gift from above. Many people don’t go through half the troubles you go through and still cannot handle it. People wonder at how you remain calm even in the midst of your troubles. There is enough reason to be thankful for this. When God is by your side, you cannot be moved. Say to the righteous it is well with them.
29 THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR CONTINUED
LOVE
Be thankful you know what love really is and able to love yourself and other people truly. We all profess love but if you have actually experienced true love, then you know what love really is. Whether it is loving yourself truly or being loved truly by another person, experiencing love is a wonderful feeling. Some people don’t have the capacity to receive love no matter how much you try to love them and cannot give back love. Being able to love and receive love is a gift and is worth being thankful for. True love is kind, patience and unconditional. May we all experience true Love at some point in our Life.
GROWTH
No matter how little your growth is, you need to be thankful you are no longer where you used to be and do the things you used to do. Growth is something you ought to be thankful for. Some of us used to be in some places and we are no longer there. Some used to do certain things and do them no more. We are just not where we used to be. Even if the growth is small, you need to be thankful we have grown into what we are today.
JOURNEY MERCIES
It is a given grace to go out and come back in safe and sound. Do not take this for granted. Many seem to forget that going out and coming back in safe, is by grace given to us and should not be taken for granted. Anything could have happened on the way but nothing happened to you. Be thankful for this and much more.
OPPORTUNITY
One of the 29 things to be thankful for is opportunity. You need to be thankful for every opportunity you have had that helped to transform your life. For the ability to recognise these opportunities and take action. Most times we pray for opportunities and when they come knocking, it’s either we don’t recognise them or we don’t believe in them. Perhaps we are too lazy to take action. This is why opportunities go passed people and they never get another chance again in their life. Opportunities are available to all. We only have to identity them and take action. I am thankful for the opportunities I have had and being able to recognise them and take action.
GIFT OF TIME
Time is a gift available to us that we most times take for granted. We have the luxury of 24 hours each day available to us . Time to plan, time to go after our dreams, time for family and friend, time for ourselves . Time is a resource that is quite expensive that we could never afford to buy and we have it available to us free of charge. Be thankful for this.
WATER
You need to be thankful for water to drink, clean, cook and eat. This may sound trivial but do you know that there are some parts of the world where water is not available to them. They travel miles or kilometres to get water whether clean or dirty and they are still thankful. Having easy access to clean water is enough reason to be thankful.
I remember when I was growing up back home, fetching water was one of the most stressful chores I did and hated because water from water board wasn’t available to us all the time. It was either there was a burst pipe, a disconnection or strike from the board. Now I have it running in my kitchen and bathroom uninterrupted and I don’t have to add it to my chores. For this I am thankful.
SIBLINGS
I am thankful for my siblings. For the privilege to have spent childhood with them and for them making it a memorable one. I happen to grow up in a large family and I know the roles siblings play in one’s life. From the care you get if you happen to be a middle or last child to the discipline, adventures, wonderful conversations etc. They are my best friends and I can tell them anything. God places these ones in our life’s to make it a beautiful one. We shouldn’t take our siblings for granted. I’m thankful to God for bringing them into my life.
SUNLIGHT
I am from and used to live in a country where there is abundance of sunlight and we often take this for granted and complain about how hot our environment is. However sunlight is something nature has blessed us with. It give us life, provides us with the natural vitamins essential to our body. If you live in a cold country, you will know the importance of sunlight. People in cold countries travel far in search of sunlight and are thankful when they get this sunlight just for few months in a year. It’s quite amazing that we don’t have to pay for this. It’s free of charge. Sunlight is one of the abundance of nature God has blessed us with.
CLOTHING
You need to be thankful for clothing on your back. For having clothes to wear, keep your body covered and warm, and the provision of clothing. These seemingly little things people take for granted is worth being thankful for. For the fact that you don’t have to beg for these things.You should be thankful you have clothes no matter how poor they look to keep you warm and covered.
MONEY
You need to be thankful for Money in the bank and money in your pocket. You may not have as much money like you would want to but you have money to cater for your daily bread . It’s enough reason to be thankful that you do not have to beg for money to eat and drink or buy your daily necessities. You may even not have money in the bank but at least you have money in your pocket.
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EDUCATION
Be thankful for Education and every opportunity to learn something new.When a man stops learning, he starts to die. Opportunities to learn come to us most times but it depends on how willing we are to learn. Some of us are fortunate to get a formal Education. Thanks to our parents and maybe the Government. However learning doesn’t have to always be formal. You can learn new skills and craft and learn from people as well. Take every opportunity you have to learn because some people don’t have the opportunity. No man is an island of knowledge, be always open to learning and you will become a warehouse of knowledge.
PARENTS
Parents are blessings and you need to be thankful for them and your up bringing. For the good nurturing you received when you didn’t know right from wrong. There are Parents and there are Parents. If you are fortunate to have a good parenting experience then it’s worth being thankful for. Their training and upbringing shaped us into who we are today. I am thankful for every childhood experience shared with them, their selflessness and sacrifices.
SECOND CHANCE
Another one of the 29 things to be thankful for is second chance. Second chance is a gift we often times take for granted. Some get second chances to life, opportunities, to relationships while some people don’t. You can call this grace. Some of us have been involved in accidents that took other people’s lives but we are here today, some sicknesses that some people never got out of but we are here. Some people fell and never got back on their foot but you are here up again like you never fell. These are worth being thankful for.
YOURSELF
I am thankful for me. For the person God made me to be and for making such a master piece as me. Fearfully and wonderfully created, beautiful, intelligent, thoughtful, kind, an embodiment of love. I’m thankful for his thoughtfulness in creating such an amazing and wonderful creature that I am, an embodiment of love. Each time I sit back and think of myself, I can’t help but to be thankful to God. For putting everything I need inside of me. The world is yet to see my manifestations.Have you ever thought of yourself and thanked God for creating you?
AIR
Abundance of air on earth available to us is worth being thankful for. I was meditating on what to be thankful for today as it seemed like I had run out of ideas. It then occurred to me that I have not mentioned Air. Breath of life is different from Air. We can run out of breath of life if our time on earth is up but air is never exhaustible. Air is the most abundant element on the face of the earth. We need air to breathe in whether fresh or not. It’s available to us free of charge. We sometimes take this for granted when we ought to be thankful for it.
STRENGTH
I am thankful for the strength in my body. The strength that gives me life each and everyday. The strength that makes me get up from the bed, dress up and show up. We should not take this for granted. It takes strength to wake up every day and decide that you are going to do something that will take you closer to your dreams. Irrespective of the circumstances, you still decide to dress up and show up. It takes physical, mental, emotional and even spiritual strength to not give up.
ANSWERED PRAYERS
Another one of the 29 things to be thankful for is answered prayers, for dreams coming through and for goals achieved. We sometimes take for granted the prayers we once prayed and are now answered, the dreams we once dreamt and have now come through or the goals we once set and are now achieved. Many people set their hearts to achieving great things and were unable to due to different reasons. Some may not longer be alive to do those things, some may be sick or incapacitated, some may not just have the courage or the resources to follow through and here you are taking them for granted.
GOD
You need to be thankful to God for the blessings of all the good things of life. Being thankful is an attitude and until you master the act of thankfulness and gratitude, you will never be contented with what you have. No matter how little, there is always something to be thankful for. When you feel like giving up, like the world is against you or all hope is lost, try gratitude.Thankfulness and gratitude is a cure for dejection
I am thankful to God for blessing me with all these wonderful gifts of life money cannot buy. If money could buy them, I never could afford them.
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