a time for thanks

So I have decided to be more positive this month and to take time and think about one thing a day I am truly grateful for, being that this month is all about giving Thanks. I have SO many things to be grateful for and I could go on and on about all of them in this one post but I think it is better for me to focus on one a day. So this is my challenge for myself this month and I think it really will help me realize what a great life I really have. Sometimes I think people find themselves getting sad or down because they think life could be better but really, I think life is actually pretty good.

I am Thankful for wonderful neighbors:

I was driving home from the gym today, trying to think about all the things I have and what am I really grateful for today. Well I noticed Our Nations Flag was lining the street outside a post office, then I realized it was out because it was the day to vote. (Which I didn't do because I didn't feel comfortable about what I would be voting on, but not to worry, I have already pledged to vote next election, but now I'm just getting away with my story.) Seeing the nice people taking advantage of their American duty to vote then made me realize what an amazing country we live in, I then turned that into a more local/personal level and realized what awesome people I have living around me. This then brought me to day one of what I feel Thankful for, which are my good neighbors. Not just my wonderful, quiet next door neighbors but the whole Foxboro community. I live by some really great, caring people and I'm so glad because I could live somewhere not so great, like I once did in ghetto, Rancho Cordova, California where we had the "ghetto bird" fly around our house like twice a month. The first weekend I moved there, my car was broken into. Which wasn't the worst of things that happened while living there. We had some adventures living there, that's for sure. So I feel pretty lucky to have have good friends who live around me. I have been able to meet a lot of people my age, in the same stage of life by living here. I'm pretty sure, even if we move away from this area, the friendships I have made here will last forever. And that is pretty AWESOME. ;)

Anyway, I just thought it would be appropriate to blog about. I actually didn't come up with this idea all on my own. A friend on facebook said she has been doing this for a few years now but she and her husband take turns doing it. What a great tradition. Especially with all the bad, negative things we have going on around us, why not try and bring on a little sunshine!

(Maybe this is a little cheesy, but it wouldn't be the first time I've been called that!)