What are you thankful for?

Enkidu

Jeanwah wrote:

I'm thankful I survived a near fatal car accident. I'm thankful I'm starting to walk again after having both femurs and hips broken. I'm thankful for my very caring family and the community I live in and for the love received. And even though I lost my job a month before the accident and I'm temporarily disabled and receiving no income, I'm still positive. Life's too short to be miserable.

When I feel that gross negativity in public it's enough to make me sick. I'd be so jealous of anyone who could walk, but many of those people I'd be jealous of were bitter and unhappy. I still don't understand it; we have so much, but nothing is ever enough for some people.

Your post makes me feel like a big baby - I'm on crutches for 4 weeks because I have a tiny crack in my kneecap and I'm complaining like it's the end of the world. You're so right, we should concentrate on being positive. Duh, it makes life so much easier. And much more pleasant. Thank you for posting this, Jeanwah.

I'm thankful for my husband and two great kids, wonderful friends and family. Crazy pets. Food on the table (I'm making fruitcake today - yikes). There's so much - I guess I'm thankful there's so much to be thankful about.

If anybody wants to read something to make them feel good, check out A Secret Gift by Ted Gup.

"Shortly before Christmas 1933 in Depression-scarred Canton, Ohio, a small newspaper ad offered $10, no strings attached, to 75 families in distress. Interested readers were asked to submit letters describing their hardships to a benefactor calling himself Mr. B. Virdot. A Secret Gift’s author's grandfather Sam Stone was inspired to place this ad and assist his fellow Cantonians as they prepared for the cruelest Christmas most of them would ever witness."

eyedclaar

Jeanwah wrote:

I'm thankful I survived a near fatal car accident. I'm thankful I'm starting to walk again after having both femurs and hips broken. I'm thankful for my very caring family and the community I live in and for the love received. And even though I lost my job a month before the accident and I'm temporarily disabled and receiving no income, I'm still positive. Life's too short to be miserable.

When I feel that gross negativity in public it's enough to make me sick. I'd be so jealous of anyone who could walk, but many of those people I'd be jealous of were bitter and unhappy. I still don't understand it; we have so much, but nothing is ever enough for some people.

Such a great reminder. Thanks, Jeanwah. You probably think I'm an ass (who doesn't?), but I really do wish you the best in your recovery.

StillHere

Black Diamond wrote:

StillHere wrote:

Black Diamond wrote:

Everything including you people

me too!

ahhhh....so THERE you are bd >>>>>>> (avatar..nice pic)

It's the picture I got in the new frame I bought

nuhhh uhhhh...get out :roll:

PJPixie

I'm thankful for Cosmo and Tai and that ridiculously insane show I witnessed last night!

dcfaithful

Paul David wrote:

I have recently been getting really irritated by all the negativity that surrounds me, mostly with miserable co workers. I am Canadian. I work at a place where there is virtually NO chance of ever downsizing (lottery business). We have excellent benefits, not too stressed, and people are still just fucking miserable. I'm basically at the bottom of the corporate ladder position- and salary-wise (I'm fine with that). I try my best to remain positive around these people, but sometimes it's just too much to bear. I carpool with my supervisor, and all he does is bitch about the traffic and the weather and now how much he hates the holiday season (preparation-wise), blah blah fucking blah. It's always something. Sometimes I just want to smack these people and say "what have you got to REALLY bitch about? NOTHING".

You have food. You have a big fucking house. You are healthy. What is your problem??

I am thankful that I have two wonderful and beautiful daughters, a loving wife, all of us are currently healthy, we have no debt (except our mortgage of course), and everyone in my family is generally ok. I am also thankful for my psychiatrist and my medication. Life is awesome. It is what you make it, really.

What are you thankful for?

I'll be the first to admit that I bitch sometimes, but never to an extent and I do realize the blessings in my life.

When people bitch about stuff like that, with the utmost sincerity it makes me really want to drop them off in a suffering third world country to observe how those people, of equal human value, live on a daily basis.

For the most part, our personal problems here in a America cannot hold a candle to the shit that a lot of the world's population goes through.

dcfaithful

metsfan wrote:

family
my dog
music
girls
sex
beer
porn
sports
cell phone
internet

Wow. I cannot argue with any of this. Except maybe the cell phone. :think:

Gary Carter

dcfaithful wrote:

metsfan wrote:

family
my dog
music
girls
sex
beer
porn
sports
cell phone
internet

Wow. I cannot argue with any of this. Except maybe the cell phone. :think:

when i said cell phone i meant texting :oops:

Hugh Freaking Dillon

thanks dc. this is exactly what I was getting at.

dcfaithful wrote:

I'll be the first to admit that I bitch sometimes, but never to an extent and I do realize the blessings in my life.

When people bitch about stuff like that, with the utmost sincerity it makes me really want to drop them off in a suffering third world country to observe how those people, of equal human value, live on a daily basis.

For the most part, our personal problems here in a America cannot hold a candle to the shit that a lot of the world's population goes through.

satanrules616

All I am doing is respectfully disagreeing with an opinion and countering with my own opinion through what I perceive to be logical argumentation. Attack the idea, and not the person, my friend... peace.

Boo Boo wrote:

Paul David wrote:

good god man. this was supposed to be a postive thread........some people just want to argue I guess.

satanrules616 wrote:

What gives you the right to decide what people should or should not complain about?
In terms of choosing to be miserable, there is physiological evidence that misery is an interaction between mental and hormonal factors. So much for choice, eh?
Enjoy your thankfulness
And, by the way, my opinion does not count for anything at all in the grand scheme of things, but I am sure yours does ... peace

Agreed PD, This is a great thread, Maybe his ScreenName has something to do with it? :?
Goes back to the old cliche` If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me....no no no

If you don't have anything nice to say, Say nothing at all.

satanrules616

Argumentation leads to meaning-making. I argue against your idea and I hope to learn more about my own opinions and their veracity as well as whether they might hold up to your logical counterpoints. Make your case and I shall retort with mine. Peace ...

Paul David wrote:

good god man. this was supposed to be a postive thread........some people just want to argue I guess.

satanrules616 wrote:

What gives you the right to decide what people should or should not complain about?
In terms of choosing to be miserable, there is physiological evidence that misery is an interaction between mental and hormonal factors. So much for choice, eh?
Enjoy your thankfulness
And, by the way, my opinion does not count for anything at all in the grand scheme of things, but I am sure yours does ... peace

satanrules616

you choose to ignore empirical evidence and that is your prerogative. But to call it ludicrous smacks of prejudice. As paradigmatic scientific thinking about depression-related disorders (that you refer to as whining, bitching and moaning) develops, so does our view of how science attempts to illuminate what we consider to be purely mental.
Perhaps you could restate the logic in your argument as it has, thus far, eluded me completely. Peace ...

Paul David wrote:

and to say that there is physiological evidence that bitching is not something we can control is ludicrous. sure people have horomones and shit, but come on, don't discount the will and spirit of the human brain. I couldn't will myself out of depression, so I got drugs! Yay drugs! But everyday stuff, meh, don't care. Not worth my time.

I choose not to be George Costanza. And I'm thankful for that too.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

I NEVER referred to depression-related disorders as whining or bitching. I suffer from depression/anxiety. I wasn't talking about those types of afflictions, which I know more about than I really care to. Read my posts. I was talking about the everyday bullshit that people complain about (the weather, traffic, you know, inane shit), and then asking kindly what people were thankful for. You are talking on a whole other level that I never addressed, nor care to. it's not what this thread was about. there are a few other threads about your topic that I have also commented on, and I'm sure we'd agree to most of your points.

if you'd like to state what you are thankful for in life, you are more than welcome to it.

satanrules616 wrote:

you choose to ignore empirical evidence and that is your prerogative. But to call it ludicrous smacks of prejudice. As paradigmatic scientific thinking about depression-related disorders (that you refer to as whining, bitching and moaning) develops, so does our view of how science attempts to illuminate what we consider to be purely mental.
Perhaps you could restate the logic in your argument as it has, thus far, eluded me completely. Peace ...

LikeAnOcean

I am thankful for lots of things.. I just don't want to jinx anything right now.

Jeanwah

Lizard wrote:

Family and good health and I cannot wait for my sons to be home for Christmas. Damn I hope the rain is not too bad for one driving home tomorrow

That's awesome news you are walking, Jenwah!!

With a forearm crutch... but it's still walking! Thanks!

dcfaithful

Why did a pleasant thread turn into a bitch fest? :?

Jeanwah

Enkidu wrote:

Thank you for posting this, Jeanwah.

I'm thankful for my husband and two great kids, wonderful friends and family. Crazy pets. Food on the table (I'm making fruitcake today - yikes). There's so much - I guess I'm thankful there's so much to be thankful about.

eyedclaar wrote:

Such a great reminder. Thanks, Jeanwah. You probably think I'm an ass (who doesn't?), but I really do wish you the best in your recovery.

Why would I think you're an ass Eye? Thanks for the well wishes.

stargirl69

My family
My friends
Peace
There are little lights of joy most days
No drama
Health
A home
A job
Music
Ice Cream
Books
The ability to laugh often
That I can challenge negativity when faced with it
Film
Coffee
A warm cosy bed,even although I'm alone in it now
Calm
Honesty
Potential

m0jorisen

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.



i am most thankful for family
and 2nd chances in life

mfc2006

my lovely wife
family
our dog, Sam
my friends
my health
music
baseball
books
the guitar
honesty
life in general

happy christmas & merry new year, everyone!!