A thanksgiving top ten

1. My health. I have not needed to go to a doctor in...ages and Rita my dental hygenist tells me I have perfect teeth. :D
   


2. Provision of all I need--a warm, safe, and comfortable place to live; clothes to wear; access to good grocery stores; the time to prepare food. My jobs and how they have been enjoyable and managed to provide exactly what I need.
   


3. Being at Regent. Classes, lectures, chapel, community group, lunch in the atrium, working in the library, retreat, conversations, profs, peers, everything.
   


4. The chance to explore a different dimension of my gifts as a student by coming to Regent, with its goals and mission, as a unique person with a certain background and experiences.
   


5. Vancouver and its fantastic public transportation system. Also, currently, its snow.
   


6. So many opportunities--to make and hear music, to dance, to play soccer, to run, to be with people, to enjoy good food, to write and express myself.
   


7. Stealing one of Morgan's "thanks," books and the gift of literacy. There are so many great books out there with good words and beautiful stories and ideas. While my reading load at Regent is sometimes overwhelming, if anything, I feel like it's just whetted my appetite for good reading that edifies.
   


8. Putting down yet another set of roots--especially a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner tonight.
   


9. All my many many loved ones--family, old friends, new friends. My life has been and is now full of wonderful people who not only love me, but support me and push me and are half the reason I can stand wherever I am and be home.
   


10. And finally, a life in which blessings are abundant and obvious, where I don't have to work very hard to come up with a list of things to be thankful for.