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Stories by Christian Cloud Abraham

Let Us Give Thanks

I’m thankful my life is beautiful… it is as simple as that.
I’m thankful Iraq will be over one day… as much as I try to deny it, the war weighs on my soul.
I’m thankful we have men brave enough to go to Iraq… I often feel small in comparison.
I’m thankful we will have a new president soon… I’ll leave it at that.
I’m thankful we can have a new president soon and it’s our choice… so many countries must kill for a change of power.
I’m thankful I don’t have cancer… yet.
I’m thankful it was cloudy today… and hopefully tomorrow too.
I’m thankful for books… my friends forever.
I’m thankful for video games… I am a bad ass without ever leaving the couch.
I’m thankful for my friends… I only wish I spent more time with them.
I’m thankful to have a job… and with that, a job I enjoy.
I’m thankful that my job helps other people… even though they are dying.
I’m thankful for all the wonderful people that I have met in my life… and hope for many many more in years to come.
I’m thankful for the friends who’ve returned that I thought I would never see again… “rarely do friends come and then go”—Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I’m thankful I no longer have to be prfect… even though I still unsuccessfully try.
I’m thankful I don’t have to go to church… and that I have a choice about these things.
I’m thankful I will turn 40 soon… I’m looking forward to leaving the 30s behind.
I’m thankful for movies and the hours upon hours of magic they have given me… and hours of just pure B entertainment too.
I’m thankful for magic in all things that fill me with awe and wonder… even if it is just tricks or things I don’t yet understand.
I’m thankful for technology… it is allowing me to fold my cloths and dictate this passage at the same time.
I’m thankful the world is finally becoming more green… it’s been a long time coming.
I’m thankful I’m just crazy enough to have fun… but stable enough to try to do the right thing.
I’m thankful my wife supports me in everything I do… and she is still a sight for sore eyes.
I’m thankful I can eat like a horse, exercise moderately and still stay relatively thin… or least only mildly overweight
I’m thankful we have not yet reached the time of the Apocalypse… yet.
I’m thankful the world as in not global warmed… yet.
I’m thankful I did not take on the unreal apocalyptic visions of my upbringing… or wait, maybe I did.
I’m thankful the world is so incredibly diverse in its beauty… I hope to see much of it without hurting it.
I’m thankful for coffee and all fluids that are brown and delicious… my comfort at all hours of the day.
I’m thankful for modern medicine… as I probably wouldn’t live much past 40 without it.
I’m thankful for all the artists have come before me… without them I would still be lost in the dark.
I’m thankful to have a son such as mine… so full of love and empathy.
I’m thankful the world is becoming smaller… there are so many things we can learn from each other.
I’m thankful I live in America… despite how much I disagree with what we have done recently.
I’m thankful I am drinking beer again… I missed so many of the delicious flavors during my two-year sabbatical.
I’m thankful for my dreary composers of the early 20th century and the protégés they inspired in our modern times… they bring continual solace to my soul.
I’m thankful for my family near and far… I wish you were closer.
I’m thankful for Wendy’s fast food restaurants… need I say more.
I’m thankful for seconds… and thirds, and fourths, and so one and so on.
I’m thankful for health food, super green food, smoothies, and all sorts of other organic delights… they are just as uplifting as junk food to me.
I’m thankful for popcorn and ice cream… without them the world would be a lonely place.
I’m thankful to be alive right now—and I mean in this place and time in history… whether we are ascending or declining as a civilization, it is a most exciting place to be alive.
I’m thankful for myself… as screwed up as I may be.
I’m thankful you took the time to read this… may your Thanksgiving be wonderful and full of laughter, good friends, and family.

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© 2007 Christian Cloud Abraham

Posted on November 21, 2007 in
Emotion: Wonder, Type: Essay