100 Things to be Thankful For That You Might Not Think to be Thankful For:

Makinley Bonesteel

Google drawing made by Makinley. “1-100 things to be thankful for.”

Makinley Bonesteel, Editor
November 23, 2021

100 Things to be thankful for that you might not think to be thankful for:

  1. Your friends
  2. Your family
  3. Food – especially your favorite
  4. Freedom
  5. Being a citizen of the United States
  6. Sunrises and sunsets
  7. New beginnings
  8. Pets
  9. Books
  10. Summer
  11. Music
  12. Technology
  13. An education
  14. Sweet treats
  15. A drivers license – being able to get yourself places is such a blessing
  16. The house you get to go home to
  17. Individuality – the ability to be you
  18. Comfy clothes
  19. Holidays – brings everyone together
  20. Snow days
  21. A hot shower
  22. Sunshine
  23. Love
  24. Sleep
  25. Smiles
  26. Fashion
  27. Good hair days – you look good, you feel good
  28. Creativity
  29. The Bible
  30. Your job
  31. Just being alive 
  32. Transportation
  33. Blankets – to cozy up with
  34. Coffee
  35. Money 
  36. Sports – for the love of it and for the entertainment
  37. Your health
  38. Hugs – because we all need one sometimes
  39. Weekends – gives us the time to relax
  40. The future
  41. Church
  42. Electricity
  43. Time
  44. Forgiveness and apologies
  45. Hot, sunny days
  46. The people you grew up with – helped shape you into the person you are today
  47. Life advice from your mom or someone you love
  48. Honesty 
  49. Pictures – a way to capture memories that you’ll one day look back on
  50. A cell phone
  51. Doctors 
  52. Lazy days
  53. Rainbows – who doesn’t get happy after spotting a rainbow?
  54. Hopes, dreams, and aspirations – something to strive for
  55. Facetime – being able to see their face and talk to them through a phone screen even though they are miles away is pretty amazing
  56. Growing up in a small town
  57. Mistakes – gives you the ability to learn from them
  58. Vision
  59. The ability to see color
  60. Taste
  61. Smell
  62. An alarm to get you up in the morning
  63. Second chances
  64. Legs
  65. Arms
  66. Trust
  67. Laughter
  68. A GPS – makes life so much easier now
  69. Water
  70. Your bed
  71. Secrets – not everyone needs to know everything
  72. Memories
  73. Hellos
  74. Goodbyes – sometimes a goodbye is necessary and for the best
  75. Positivity
  76. Your parents
  77. Your siblings – a built in best friend that is going through the same life you are
  78. Being able to experience all four seasons
  79. The kindness of others
  80. Gifts 
  81. School lunches
  82. Living in a safe neighborhood
  83. Exercise
  84. A good cry – we all know how much better we feel better after
  85. Change
  86. That feeling you get after you finish a big assignment
  87. Spell check – let’s face it… no one is perfect at spelling
  88. Sleeping in
  89. Being young
  90. Surprises
  91. Role models – that good influence you can strive to be
  92. Traveling – to just get away or the ability to see the world if we wanted
  93. Compliments – sometimes that all you or someone else needs to make the day
  94. Healing – emotional or physical
  95. TV
  96. Help – you don’t have to go through things alone
  97. A good challenge – makes you a stronger person
  98. Rainy days
  99. A tan
  100. Freetime – time to knock stuff out and get stuff done

And so many more. There is always something to be thankful for.