Whether you will actually be celebrating the holiday tomorrow or not, do try and take a few minutes to stop and think about what you have in your life to be thankful for - I've never really done this, at least not in a conscious way.

I am thankful that there are people in this world who care about me.

I am thankful that I have a compassionate and passionate heart, and that despite being hurt, I am still able to care truly and deeply about people, about life.

I am thankful that music and sometimes even a scene from a movie can bring tears to my eyes.

I am thankful that I have family and friends that love me.

I am thankful that there are people who think I am beautiful, even at those times when I think I am my ugliest.

I am thankful that there is still a great deal of love in this world to combat all the fear and hatred.

I am thankful for hope.

I am thankful for expectations and promises, dreams and wishes.

I am thankful that I was given the gifts of creativity, an artistic eye, and an overactive imagination.

I am thankful that there are so many beautiful things in this world.

I am thankful that each day really can be a chance for a new beginning - I may not always do my utmost to take advantage of that, but nevertheless, there it is, offered as a gift every time I wake up.

I am thankful, too, for my weaknesses, for they remind me that I am not perfect, that I am human like the rest, and that it is perfectly acceptable to be human and flawed. This is still a lesson I am learning, slowly, but I hope that someday, I will finally be able to throw off the shackles of perfectionism, and simply reach for excellence. Excellence is attainable - perfection is not. And really, if you stop and think about it, would you really want complete perfection? I like flaws...I like scars. They make us complex, complicated, mysterious....

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