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Some Things I Am Thankful For This Thanksgiving

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  1. Cookies and other baked goods
  2. Hugs
  3. Water. Clean water.
  4. My dogs
  5. My voice
  6. Everyone who stops to listen
  7. A warm home to protect me from the cold
  8. A job I really enjoy, working with cool co-workers
  9. Lotion and soap and make-up that help me feel good about myself
  10. Green tea

Even though Thanksgiving is this week and December soon follows, I still can’t seem to shake the feeling that summer was just last week. I still think about summer like it just happened, but in reality, it was three months ago. Three months have gone by, Fall is passing by, and yet I still hold on to Summer.

It’s kind of wistful. Or wishful. Or foolish. Or perhaps merely symbolic of my life as a fictional victorian novel. Whatever way you look at it… I’m still floating around in that Summer place. I think it’s probably denial; me denying myself that my life is actually moving forward after five months of sulking.

I’m not actually sulking, but it’s a kind of strange feeling. Transition. (Humans hate change and they love control. But they love the change that they can control. Sometimes you have that power and sometimes you don’t.)

In this time of transition for adults in their early-twenties and transition for our country, be thankful for what you do have! Think about what you do best (walking your dog, making rice, splurging on yourself) and try to apply that to those who don’t have half as much. Just think about it.

Things I Learned About Relationships This Year

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(*Note: Relationships can mean romantic, friendly, familial, or professional.)

  1. As much as listening is important, it’s only good if the other person shares.
  2. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”–Martin Luther King, Jr.
  3. (Cliche but) The people who want to be in your life will make an effort to do so.
  4. Even if you go days/weeks/months without talking to a friend, what might be most important is if you can start right where you left off.

I think I learned a lot about what I want, need, and expect out of relationships. But I think I learned a lot about what others mind need from me, too. Sometimes those things align and sometimes they don’t. It really depends on the people involved. I will say though–

Surround yourself with people who want to be surrounded by you as well.