What are you thankful for?

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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Everything including you people
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  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Everything including you people

    me too!

    ahhhh....so THERE you are bd >>>>>>> (avatar..nice pic) :D
    peace,
    jo

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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    StillHere wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Everything including you people

    me too!

    ahhhh....so THERE you are bd >>>>>>> (avatar..nice pic) :D
    It's the picture I got in the new frame I bought :mrgreen:
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  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    Black Diamond wrote:
    StillHere wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Everything including you people

    me too!

    ahhhh....so THERE you are bd >>>>>>> (avatar..nice pic) :D
    It's the picture I got in the new frame I bought :mrgreen:

    Funny, I got that same frame!!! That chick is smokin' hot!! :D
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    I would have to agree with BD pretty much everything I have..and all of you
    whom I have met and have yet to meet.

    Thanks, so very much.
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Boomer's shocking,untimely death weighs heavy on us here but it also reinforces the fact that at any moment someone we love, be that human or beast, can be taken from us.
    When that happens though the love we feel can not be taken. That is ours to keep forever.
    I am thankful for forever love.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    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
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    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
    AET is for happy people :lol:
    Or on something to make them happy :mrgreen:
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  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    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 :lol:

    If you don't have anything nice to say, Say nothing at all.
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    thanks BB. I recently read something, I'm sure it's common knowledge, but it's the 90/10 principle. 10% of your life is the stuff that happens to you. the other 90% is decided by how you react to those happenings. it really makes sense to me. Sure shit happens, awful shit sometimes. Mental illness (I have, so I get it). But for the most part, I'm just talking about the BS that you don't NEED to complain about, the stuff I mentioned in the beginning. I mean, really, is it really worth it to complain about the weather? When my wife gets down because it's raining, I just say "yay! no yard work today!" or "let's have a movie day with the kids!". Stuff like that. Not "fuck, I really wanted to go for a walk". It's all in how you look at it.

    and Satan, thank you, I do enjoy my thankfulness.
    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 :lol:

    If you don't have anything nice to say, Say nothing at all.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    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. :lol:
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    Agreed again...being also a depression sufferer (especially this time of year) If I could "will" my self out of it
    I would in a heart beat. Now, I work at it and try to stay up beat but it lingers in the background of your mind...
    taunting..."ya, I am here you piece of shit...i will not make this easy for you." Its then I focus on the other thing I am thankful for, My wife and kids... I look to them when those times hit me hard, knowing full well that all I need is a good strong hug from any one of them and I feel better.

    So very Thankful for my family.
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    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. :lol: Life is awesome. It is what you make it, really.

    What are you thankful for?

    Yo Paul, good post man. I was just talking about this with my best friend last night. He and I both were discussing how we have co-workers who 'have' a lot, but are very unappreciative. I used to be kind of a negative person, but a few years back I began to realize that even though I dont have many material things, I have a lot to be thankful for -- Mostly I am thankful that I open my eyes every morning. haha, that reminds me of a funny quote -- "everyday I break my record of consecutive days alive"... or something like that. ;)

    and nevermind that negativity, I just tihnk that person might not have gottten the gist of what you were saying -- I didnt think you were sounding like imposing anything on anyone.

    Anyways just off the top of my head (and absolutely in no particular order):

    my G/f
    my Dad
    electricity
    the sun
    Bob Ross re-runs
    sense of smell
    my Mom
    pistachios
    morning wood
    physicists
    my Grandmother
    a guitar
    neighbors
    the ocean
    toothpaste
    the big bang
    smiles
    diversity
    moles
    positivity
    ...I could go on and on...
    ;)
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  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    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. :lol: Life is awesome. It is what you make it, really.

    What are you thankful for?

    Yo Paul, good post man. I was just talking about this with my best friend last night. He and I both were discussing how we have co-workers who 'have' a lot, but are very unappreciative. I used to be kind of a negative person, but a few years back I began to realize that even though I dont have many material things, I have a lot to be thankful for -- Mostly I am thankful that I open my eyes every morning. haha, that reminds me of a funny quote -- "everyday I break my record of consecutive days alive"... or something like that. ;)

    and nevermind that negativity, I just tihnk that person might not have gottten the gist of what you were saying -- I didnt think you were sounding like imposing anything on anyone.

    Anyways just off the top of my head (and absolutely in no particular order):

    my G/f
    my Dad
    electricity
    the sun
    Bob Ross re-runs
    sense of smell
    my Mom
    pistachios
    morning wood
    physicists
    my Grandmother
    a guitar
    neighbors
    the ocean
    toothpaste
    the big bang
    smiles
    diversity
    moles
    positivity
    ...I could go on and on...
    ;)

    Morning wood :lol: agreed but :lol:
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    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.
  • PJFAN13
    PJFAN13 Posts: 1,422
    I am thankful for embracing an "attitude of gratitude" this past year. Really focused on it...
    I am thankful my 3 children and wonderful wife are healthy and that we'll all be together for Christmas.
    I am thankful for the abilty to hear, the ability to see and the ability to breathe and walk on my own.

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  • Ms. Wes C.addle
    Ms. Wes C.addle Posts: 2,559
    I'm thankful for my family..... without them, I wouldn't have a good excuse to drink myself into a coma daily.
  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    edited December 2010
    ms. wes c.addle wrote:
    I'm thankful for my family..... without them, I wouldn't have a good excuse to drink myself into a coma daily.

    daily??? hmmmm....how quick can I get to Stevens Point, WI? I want to party with you! LOL
    Post edited by Green Circle on
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • thesewordselope
    thesewordselope Posts: 781
    I am thankful for my family, and friends (including the ones made here, there are some great people on this board :D )
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,092
    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!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me

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