100 Things to be Thankful For That You Might Not Think to be Thankful For:
Google drawing made by Makinley. “1-100 things to be thankful for.”
100 Things to be thankful for that you might not think to be thankful for:
- Your friends
- Your family
- Food – especially your favorite
- Freedom
- Being a citizen of the United States
- Sunrises and sunsets
- New beginnings
- Pets
- Books
- Summer
- Music
- Technology
- An education
- Sweet treats
- A drivers license – being able to get yourself places is such a blessing
- The house you get to go home to
- Individuality – the ability to be you
- Comfy clothes
- Holidays – brings everyone together
- Snow days
- A hot shower
- Sunshine
- Love
- Sleep
- Smiles
- Fashion
- Good hair days – you look good, you feel good
- Creativity
- The Bible
- Your job
- Just being alive
- Transportation
- Blankets – to cozy up with
- Coffee
- Money
- Sports – for the love of it and for the entertainment
- Your health
- Hugs – because we all need one sometimes
- Weekends – gives us the time to relax
- The future
- Church
- Electricity
- Time
- Forgiveness and apologies
- Hot, sunny days
- The people you grew up with – helped shape you into the person you are today
- Life advice from your mom or someone you love
- Honesty
- Pictures – a way to capture memories that you’ll one day look back on
- A cell phone
- Doctors
- Lazy days
- Rainbows – who doesn’t get happy after spotting a rainbow?
- Hopes, dreams, and aspirations – something to strive for
- Facetime – being able to see their face and talk to them through a phone screen even though they are miles away is pretty amazing
- Growing up in a small town
- Mistakes – gives you the ability to learn from them
- Vision
- The ability to see color
- Taste
- Smell
- An alarm to get you up in the morning
- Second chances
- Legs
- Arms
- Trust
- Laughter
- A GPS – makes life so much easier now
- Water
- Your bed
- Secrets – not everyone needs to know everything
- Memories
- Hellos
- Goodbyes – sometimes a goodbye is necessary and for the best
- Positivity
- Your parents
- Your siblings – a built in best friend that is going through the same life you are
- Being able to experience all four seasons
- The kindness of others
- Gifts
- School lunches
- Living in a safe neighborhood
- Exercise
- A good cry – we all know how much better we feel better after
- Change
- That feeling you get after you finish a big assignment
- Spell check – let’s face it… no one is perfect at spelling
- Sleeping in
- Being young
- Surprises
- Role models – that good influence you can strive to be
- Traveling – to just get away or the ability to see the world if we wanted
- Compliments – sometimes that all you or someone else needs to make the day
- Healing – emotional or physical
- TV
- Help – you don’t have to go through things alone
- A good challenge – makes you a stronger person
- Rainy days
- A tan
- Freetime – time to knock stuff out and get stuff done
And so many more. There is always something to be thankful for.
About the Writer

Makinley Bonesteel, Editor
Hi! My name is Makinley Bonesteel, and I'm currently a senior at Palestine High School. This is my first year in Journalism and I'm looking forward to...