Tell us what you're thankful for!

[UrbScotty]

20 things for which I'm thankful:

1. My life
   
2. My family and friends
   
3. Food and drink
   
4. Clothing
   
5. A home
   
6. Air
   
7. Water
   
8. Good health
   
9. Electricity
   
10. A computer (and the Internet)
    
11. A TV
    
12. A country in which we can speak out against our leaders
    
13. The people who fought - and, in some cases, died - for our rights, from the Founding Fathers to our military men and women in 2003
    
14. The Democratic Party
    
15. Braun, Clark, Dean, Edwards, Gephardt, Kerry, Kucinich, Lieberman, and Sharpton
    
16. Durbin, Feingold, Clinton, Graham, Levin, Stabenow, Corzine, Dayton, Jeffords, and everyone else
    
17. The lives of Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck, David Brinkley, Bob Hope, Barry White, Johnny and June Carter Cash, John Ritter, Fred Rogers (a.k.a. "Mr. Rogers), Daniel P. Moynihan, and Maynard Jackson
    
18. My dog, Bonnie, who died in June, for sharing eleven years with me
    
19. The Columbia astronauts (lest we forget), for sacrificing their lives to further the cause of exploration
    
20. DU!
    

[Padraig18]

1. I am thankful for so much.

I am especially thankful for this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=461175

:hi:

[havocmom]

2. Well, evilDUers are on my list

They have restored my sense of hope for this nation and the world.

Here is the message I sent to friends. (I count many of the DU family in that column. The fact that we have never met is just a matter of fate and geography. Kindered spirits find each other's light.)

So many bad things this year, yet the good is still to numerous to list, when one thinks about it.

But we would be remiss to not mention some blessings at the top of our list of what we are thankful for.

Topping my list:
Friends and family, near and far, old and new, who help us laugh, hold us when we cry and share our days whether present or not. They are our strength and greatest joy in life. They are the reason for hope for the world.

We are sad at the passing of some but buoyed by the realization of the impact they had on us all. No one is really lost to us when we have integrated parts of their being into our own. We are thankful for the time together and the life memories which cannot be taken from us.

It is bliss to see our friends who struggle and work so hard realize a good outcome and a brighter world for their efforts. I am grateful for all that my friends have been able to accomplish. And I am grateful for what these efforts will mean to the future.

There is much to worry about in this nation, but there are lights on in windows across the country and pebbles being dropped in ponds everywhere. The light will help each of us to remain hopeful and the ripples can become waves which might change the tide and restore a nation to its people. I am thankful for the courage, honor and dignity of most Americans.

There is bounty and grace. The sun came up this morning and most people dwell in peace and safety. There is wisdom and strength to correct what is wrong in the nation, and I pray we have the courage and love to use that force for the good of all.

I am thankful for the resources which sustain our needs and hope we can work towards a better understanding and husbanding of those resources that they will sustain our progeny.

I am thankful for the variety of views and perspectives in this land. While making us a contentious bunch of rabble, it is still our greatest strength as a people.

And I am thankful for the laughter of people, the questions of small children, and the kisses of dogs.

Happy Thanksgiving! Tis good to stop and acknowledge the harvest.

havocmom
edit:typo

[UrbScotty]

3. Nice way of putting things. (nt)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. Wonderful post..sums it up for me

I am also thankful for all that is good in my life and know that no matter what I perceive as bad, it is still a very charmed life that I live.

[havocmom]

9. hey NSMA!

Am thankful you stopped by for this day! :hi: Was thinkin about you and hoping all is reasonabily well. Havocdad just opened some champagne... have some and toast to the evil DUers?

then, to work off dinner, we can all

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

10. I was gonna send you a PM..and then decided to post in the open

Enjoy the bubbly and wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday. I am getting ready for the trek to North Hollywood. MY sis does Thanksgiving..I do the other holidays.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Life

Sorry to get all religious on you, but knowing how easily life can be extinguished, I'm quite appreciative of being alive.

--bkl

[Ernesto]

8. SO...

WTF does that have to do with religion?

[hlthe2b]

5. Your list, PLUS add my Pup!

Tallulah and all my pups before her, who kept me (somewhat) sane!


Proof,that there IS a God! (who else could make a creature so perfect!)

[Nailzberg]

7. What I'm thankful for...Term limits

I would say Free Press, Free Speech, and democratically elected officials, but those days are gone.