With Thanksgiving coming up, many people are going to, for a moment, compose a mental list of what they are thankful for. They will put on that list things such as having a job, having loved ones, and being appreciated by at least said loved ones. I, for any number of reasons, question those lists as far as just how thankful people are for them. I mean how many people that are thankful for a having job have ever experienced chronic unemployment? Are they thankful because they know what it is like to not have a job, and being unable to find one, or are they thankful because they have never experienced not being able to find employment?
Well, that should probably be modified. After all, some are going to be thankful for their current job because they had a bad job before. Those people will naturally have an appreciation for what they have now.
Me? I'm in the awkward position of only having things to be thankful for that none around me seem to appreciate and/or understand why I am thankful for them. For example, I am thankful for video games, because they have given me a way to pass time, to enjoy fantastic experiences, and something to work on, both as a gamer and as a review. I am also thankful for my writing abilities and creativity, neither of which do many others seem to care about. Writing is not about expressing myself, for me at least, but about letting something be expressed. I know what I am writing is good if all I am doing is pressing keys and the words are coming from somewhere else.
Perhaps it is the contrarian in me, but I may just cherish those things more because no one around me appreciates them. They are mine though. They fill something within me that would not otherwise be filled. I am thankful for them, if no one else is.
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