Day 39: What you don’t know about: Thanksgiving

"I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't."

Hi, yes, I know it’s late and that Thanksgiving was three days ago. I actually had a very good day, considering all things. I’ve been bored though, as I could not drag myself to go places and do things that I should be. My mood went up and down and up and down over this break, hence my tardiness for this post.

I know, I know… Excuses, excuses all over! Maybe I’m just that lazy to write.

Anyways, I forced myself to read a book today (yay me!). You might have read it. It’s called The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I love it. Not necessarily my favorite, but it’s something that I would definitely read again. It’s fitting actually, because it teaches me a whole new perspective about Thanksgiving, and life in general.

The problem with thanksgiving is that we are never thankful and sincere enough. You know that part of the day, before the pumpkin pies come out, that your mom forces you to say what you’re thankful about? Yeah, that part that you hate so much because it stands between you and the pie you’ve been waiting all year for. You rushed through it, saying things that

a)      You think people want to hear

b)     Make you seem like a decent being

c)      Cliché

d)     Rushed and insincere

e)     Never enough

Truth is, we lie a lot, and we faked a lot. We say that we’re “thankful for our education” without actually even thinking about education. We say that we’re “thankful for the weather” but we’re just dying to move out of California. The most common thing is that we say we’re “thankful for the people in our lives”. But who is in our life? Who are we actually thanking?

What you don’t know about thanksgiving is that you actually don’t know about the things you say you’re thankful for. If we do, we’ll never get to the delicious pumpkin pie that’s out there; maybe that’s the only thing we are thankful for at that moment. We might as well be writing a ten-page essay or an hour prezi presentation to maybe, maybe, fit everything that we should be thankful for.

For me, I’m thankful for everyone whose path crossed mine. No, I’m not exaggerating. Yes, even those that left me broken and frightened, lost and worthless. You know, it’s funny looking back, that without all these people, my life would be so boring. I would have learned nothing, I would have been this childish, insensitive person. There’s no such thing as a perfect life, and if there is, I don’t want it. Perfection is overrated anyways.

Moreover though, I thank the people who have left a positive impact on my life, and that is still in my life, helping me through the struggles. Without them, I wouldn’t be here writing you this. They will never know how much I appreciate them.

So here we go.

Thank you to:

Sister.

Mom.

Dad.

Auntie.

Cousins.

Jessie.

Alena.

Robert

Tram.

Jeffrey.

Tiffany.

Tina.

Tina. (Yes, that is intentional)

Tony.

Taylor.

Sandy.

Paola.

Kristie.

Wendy.

Wayne.

Jackie.

Krisi.

Sam.

Athena.

Margaux.

Sean.

Dr. Lee.

Mr. Han.

G.

Hung.

Christian.

Jacob.

And many more.

I hope you had a great thanksgiving, ate well and was safe.

                                                                                                                                       Always,

                                                                                                                                       Denny