Yeah, I started a thread about how I hate the holidays, and I do for the reasons most people love them. Anyway, I don't think that Thanksgiving should be about big, fancy meals and family get-togethers. Especially since many people literally have no family or are too poor, even homeless to engage in such a commercial. Honestly, and I won't get into it cause it will piss ya'll off, but there are hidden truths about these type of American holidays that also allow me to care even less about them.

Moving along, I think its beneficial to be thankful no matter what day of the year it is. There's an old saying that goes, "Be generous in times of prosperity. Be thankful in times of adversity." Right now, these are surely times of adversity for me. I feel alone and unwanted, as always, but these feelings are multiplied by the fact that everybody around seems to be havin' a ball on a day that I don't see being all that special to begin with even if I did not know anything about those truths.

So what're ya'll thankful for? I am thankful that I do have legs. These legs aren't the manliest, most muscular and hairy legs on the planet, but, heck, at least they can get me from point A to point B and even to point C in some cases now that I am quite fit. There are lots of people who wish they had legs. Just legs. No matter how shabby, flabby, or weak they may be, they'd take 'em I bet! Without my legs, I would not have been able to go to my interview to volunteer down at the hospital near my 'hood. Yeah, I could be a big ol' bump on the log, and be like "Oh woest me! How I wish I had a car to drive those 5 to 6 miles from my house! Oh, how I wish I could always at least be able to catch the bus if my dad was not my payee representative over my SSI! Oh, boo hoo, life sucks!" But complaining and whining like this all the time will solve nothing in the end and things remain unchanged. Sure, volunteer work might not be a huge deal to ya'll or anyone else, but it is to me because its a start to becoming independent which pisses my pops off beyond reason. Oh yeah, I'm thankful that people have the ability to see how useful I am too, to even want to interview me. This is the second interview I have ever been to since February. Yeah, things are beginning to look up again, even if my dad did just call me "hard-headed" so early in the morning on Thanksgiving Day. Let the annoyances here begin....but I will remain thankful otherwise. I'm so thankful I can laugh and smile too!

Hi Phoenix,


Thank you for your beautiful post. I'm so happy to hear that volunteer work is helping you realize your value, and that things are beginning to look up for you again. 

One of things I am thankful for is you, and everyone else here. Thank you for sharing your experiences, and creating a place where we can feel like we belong. 

Aw, thanks, Autumn. I hope you and everyone else are enjoying today and will also enjoy the other days that follow.


(Hugs)

There are many things I would like to have, but my life definitely does not suck. I have a roof over my head, it's warm in my house, I have enough food, my health is ok and I live with my best friend. Life is difficult and stressful in hundreds of ways all of the time, but I gained some perspective a few years ago on what's important in life. I'd say I'm thankful for these things, but honestly I worked - WE work - hard for these things every day, to keep them, so we should probably thank ourselves and wherever that energy comes from that allows us to keep going.

Quote from: T.K.G.W. on November 26, 2015, 03:48:37 PM
There are many things I would like to have, but my life definitely does not suck. I have a roof over my head, it's warm in my house, I have enough food, my health is ok and I live with my best friend. Life is difficult and stressful in hundreds of ways all of the time, but I gained some perspective a few years ago on what's important in life. I'd say I'm thankful for these things, but honestly I worked - WE work - hard for these things every day, to keep them, so we should probably thank ourselves and wherever that energy comes from that allows us to keep going.

Awesome. So awesome. This is what Thanksgiving is all about. Giving thanks for the simple good in life. I do not need pockets full of dough or money in my pocket, flashy cars, a big house, or any of that superficially external stuff to be at least thankful or even at peace and happiness. I am thankful I have this laptop to communicate back and forth with all the kool ladies, gentlemen and everyone else in between here at Susans. Ya'll been more family to me than any of my blood relatives have ever been to me.

I am thankful that I can look back on my life and see the joy as well as the pain when in the past all I saw was confusion and pain. I am thankful that my life makes sense to me and I can see a future full of possibilities and hope.

To me, Thanksgiving is being thankful for what we have. I'm thankful for seeing another day; for the people here on Susan's; for my family; for the many TGLBQI community and being part of it.

I have a lot to be thankful for.  But rather than list it out, I want to say a prayer for everyone who is eating turkey from a plastic tray today, either because they are incarcerated or in a shelter, and for everyone who is receiving something other than turkey through a plastic tube, and for everyone the world over who either cannot or does not celebrate this holiday.

Quote from: CarlyMcx on November 26, 2015, 05:29:43 PM
I have a lot to be thankful for.  But rather than list it out, I want to say a prayer for everyone who is eating turkey from a plastic tray today, either because they are incarcerated or in a shelter, and for everyone who is receiving something other than turkey through a plastic tube, and for everyone the world over who either cannot or does not celebrate this holiday.

So beautiful...this makes me thankful also. I am thankful that I got to eat from the comfort of my home without any of those factors you described. I also want to pray along with you for those suffering humans, as well as the ones who do not have any family or friends they could share such a festive day with.

I'm so thankful that my father's sweet pitbull has a place she can now call home going on 3 years after many other years of trauma and abuse living as a stray on the streets prior to this.

Thank you.