Thankful on Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for so much in my life, including these and many other items:

• to have a life
• to have holidays as a part of my life
• to have many loving & helpful relatives, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, & pets
• to have the essentials of life: food, shelter, clothing, . . . 
• to have the many freedoms that we have in our country, such as the right to vote
• to have the ability to see some of nature's beautiful animals, plants, and settings
• to have many admirable manufactured items in our world (houses, cars, computers, phones, appliances, roads, books, pens, pencils, furniture, electricity, . . . )   
• to have the chance to pursue my dreams: to be both a professor and a writer
• to have the ability to pray to God & to thank Him for the many blessings in my life 

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