Thank You God for...

This is going to be my first Thanksgiving here in Taiwan.  People here do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I can.  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because I love the cooling temperature, leaves turning color, the turkey, pumpkins and all pumpkin flavored stuff, getting together with family, acorns and nuts..... I love so many things about autumn.  I don't have any of those things now but I realized I still have much to be grateful for here.  So, I compiled a very long list of things I can thank God for.  It's a reminder for me to come back to when I don't feel very grateful.

Specifically for Taiwan:

Thank you, God, for: 

Good food, ability to communicate in Mandarin, lower cost of living, public transportation, hardworking & mostly kind people, tropical fruits, sea breeze, affordable healthcare system, cheap haircuts, tropical rain, fragrant flowers, amazing concerts, new sponsees and friends.

In general:

God, I want to....

Thank you for providing for all I need.

Thank you for every day I have been alive.

Thank you for my good health.

Thank you for fun and laughter.

Thank you for the blessing of pets.

Thank you for the beauty and variety of plants.

Thank you for different experiences.

Thank you for different ideas.

Thank you for connections.

Thank you for a place to live and my possessions.

Thank you for my good habits.

Thank you for giving me ability to work.

Thank you for the money in my bank accounts.

Thank you for dying for my sins- past, present and future.

Thank you for giving me a new life and never leaving me.

Thank you for my increasing ability to love.

Thank you for teaching me healthy boundaries and self-care.

Thank you for Your good purpose for my life.

Thank you for Your Presence in my life, it's more wonderful than Your gifts.

Thank you for the joyful, loving moments.

Thank you for time alone.

Thank you for Your grace when we don't deserve it.

Thank you for blessing us each day.

Thank you for my awareness and consciousness.

Thank you for the freedom You have given me.

Thank you for my feelings and reflections.

Thank you for my energy.

Thank you for my will power and motivation.

Thank you for Your love and kindness that I can pass on to others.

Thank you for the ability to be loved.

Thank you for my family.

Thank you for the peaceful moments.

Thank you for helping me to know myself.

Thank you for my uniqueness.

Thank you for my ability to learn and grow.

Thank you for your love messages sent through nature and people.

Thank you for beautiful music.

Thank you for good books.

Thank you for technology.

Thank you for communities.

Thank you for the clean air we breathe.

Thank you for giving us clean water.

Thank you for my ability to see, touch, hear, smell and taste.

Thank you for different cultures and places.

Thank you for solutions to problems.

Thank you for my mental fortitude.

Thank you for Your unlimited abundance.

Thank you for healing my past hurts.

Thank you for Your peace that surpasses understanding.

Thank you for my future opportunities.

Thank you for Your unconditional love for me that lasts forever.