you know, when you really think about it, i guess you could be angry all the time. there's always something that you could let get in your way. the world's going down the toilet. people are mean. that girl said no to you. snake is totally overpowered. that test kicked your trash. you're just not quite as good as jimmer.
i could go on. but really? today is the day that our country has set aside to look for things to be happy about. and you don't have to think even half as hard to find reasons why we should be happy all the time.
in many ways this semester has been kind of a nightmare for me, so i'm glad to have a short break where i can look at how good life really is. it only took me a couple of minutes to find a cornucopia of things to be grateful for. and thus, here begins my cheesy list, which, i hope you will enjoy:
first off, i am grateful that my friend's fish that i am fish-sitting are not dead. they are totally alive. even though someone thought i couldn't be trusted with them.
i'm grateful for my friend from home, who has an uncanny habit of calling me and wanting to hang out just about every time i have a bad week.
i'm grateful for a dad who taught me more in 14 years than most dads could probably teach me in 40.
i am happy silly little moments go down, like when you're walking to school 10 feet away from someone in your ward, but you aren't sure so you don't talk to each other, and end up awkwardly walking to the same location.. only to find out days later that she was thinking the exact same thing.
or when a girl in your ward see that you have harvest moon and laughs at how awesome that game is.
or for a roommate who makes cookies for the whole ward so that meeting people becomes that much easier.
i am totally grateful that campus is literally crawling with babies. i can't justify being in a bad mood after seeing a lil baby scoot by looking at me all cute-like.
juice runs make me happy.
so do goldfish crackers.
and gnomes.
i'm grateful for the times that i do beat snake into the ground.
i'm grateful for girls who are nice enough to go out of their way to talk to new people. yall don't know how much of a difference it can make.
i'm grateful for friends who can look at me and tell that something is wrong, and who care enough to ask.
hugs make me happy too.
i'm grateful that my grandma is totally in love with my friend Chris. its just adorable.
it makes me happy that my mommy will always care about me, not matter how obnoxious i am to her.
i'm grateful that i successfully used the word cornucopia in an earlier sentence.
Finally, i have recently been more and more grateful for a God who can fix anything. there are problems in life, there are bad things going on in the world, but He knows each of us and understands what we have to deal with. we may wonder where He is sometimes, but He always knows exactly what we need, and when we're able to wait for it, He'll make us happier than we could ever make ourselves.
now go eat some pie.
