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Gentleman Argentum
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29 Nov 2024, 8:04 pm

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This is always a good thing to think about, even when it's not Thanksgiving, or if you live somewhere that doesn't do Thanksgiving. It can be anything, no matter how small.

I am thankful for:
My wonderful family
The education I'm getting
The very nice city I live in
My special interests (NT life must be so boring)
And, new since last Thanksgiving, this website :)


I am thankful I survived out at work long enough to get this year's holiday bonus :mrgreen:

I also finished the hundredth page of a delightful novel, "Strangers" by Dean Koontz, recommended by my brother.

I had a nice time alone at home with my cats and have two days of blissful weekend still ahead.


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29 Nov 2024, 8:56 pm

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For me, thankfulness is something of a strange concept. Maybe that's because I'm not religious and so I've never been into revering any deity's supposed kindness towards me. As for nature, that has no will to make me happy.

I agree with you and your whole post was very interesting and insightful.

Thanks for saying so. I don't think my topic reply notifications came through for this so I nearly missed it.

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I'm not very good at feeling gratitude myself, I think of it more as an intellectual exercise rather than something I actively feel and process. I do think it's possible to be grateful to nature, even though I agree with you that it doesn't have agency and it's not intentionally trying to help us. Nevertheless, though I am not good at it, I think it's possible to be grateful in an abstract way, for a sunny day, for trees, etc. And I too don't believe in a deity that I might be thankful for.

I am thankful for the people in my life, like my bf and my sister. And also for the people that have passed on, like my parents and my late bf.


I think with me I'm simply content to feel that I've been lucky about this or that. I just enjoy certain things while they're around, and I feel warm towards people who are kind to me in ways that I can relate to. It probably boils down to the same thing as thankfulness, just that I use different words.



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29 Nov 2024, 9:37 pm

My family and pets (I consider them part of the family, of course, but had to note them separately)
To live in Connecticut instead of the red state I lived in previously
My health (I've had some scares and am glad that everything has turned out fine)


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29 Nov 2024, 11:40 pm

I don't feel the need to wear anything that looks like a German helmet anymore.


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