Gratitude thread

[Natasha.97]

I am grateful for the bus drivers who wait for the elderly to be properly seated before driving off, or for  mothers/fathers to properly secure their child's pram. I am grateful for the bus drivers who take their time to help people who are lost and need directions. I am grateful for the bus drivers who tell any incoming passengers to stop, as the elderly/mothers have to get off at the front exit.

I am grateful to this one particular bus driver, who I have seen nearly everyday for the past 1 1/2 years (from school to home). He will tell passengers to move to the back of the bus (as most of them gather around the middle) to ensure that incoming passengers are able to board (this is a once every 30min bus btw). In addition to all of the above, he personally greets each and every passenger with a cheerful smile and a unique greeting. As the new timeslot he has is at night, he sometimes gets to the bus stop early (e.g. 6-7 mins early). He would stop the bus and wait for any more passengers (quite a few come along in the last few minutes) 

[Calebark]

I received a touching message from a person (you know who you are ) telling me that I had, quite inadvertently and unknowingly, helped them get through a bit of a low point just by nature of being myself.

I believe the greatest feeling one can experience is making another smile, so to be told I'm successfully doing so is quite heartwarming.

Obligatory joke

SIKE. There's no joke here. You just got bamboozled, my friend.

[Joseph41]

I just got so bamboozled.

[sweetiepi]

I'm very grateful of my youngest sister, she will always give me cuddles, even when I'm sick or sad and it's just really nice!

[EEEEEEP]

I'm very grateful for everyone in my life =). Especially my family who have done heaps for me  over my (however many or so years) and some other people who are close to me in my life :3.

[heids]

Haven't posted here before because there is so. fucking. much. I am grateful for.  Like, I could fill pages with it.

I'm grateful for my physical body: that all my joints and muscles and bones work (mostly) smoothly, that I can see and hear, that I don't have any chronic illnesses or genetic disorders, that I'm at a healthy weight.

I'm grateful that I'm respected, accepted, seen and cared about, and that I know so many more truly wonderful people than I deserve!  I'm grateful for an incredibly supportive family and social network.  I'm grateful for my collection of cards and letters that caring people have mailed to me over the last two years.

I'm grateful that I have unlimited food, water, shelter, medical care, education, and a ridiculously high standard of living.  I have hot water.  How good is hot water?!

I'm grateful that I live in a society where I can choose my own path and career, have my own voice, and be my own person.  I'm grateful that I can be self-aware and analytical, and always striving for growth and a more balanced picture of life.  I'm grateful for a sense of humour.

Above all I'm grateful that I have the capacity to both love and feel loved.

oh and I'm grateful for that joke only the nat mods know about kthxbai

[appleandbee]

I'm grateful to my Anthropology tutor. Yesterday, after my tute, I decided to be honest about how and why I felt way out of my depth evaluating and analysing relationships between humans in a deep manner (especially since most of the class discussions so far seemed centred around relations between family members, since this seems considered as the epitome of human relationships). Told her that I'm not intending to tell a sob story (since tutors are not supposed to be counsellors, almost all my tutors are PhD students in their early-mid 20s so it's unreasonable to pile these things onto them, and I hate counsellors anyway), but rather how my experiences as an only child in a broken and abusive home, and not knowing what it was like to have a family or human relations (such that I only got my first real friends in year 10), being devoid of emotions apart from depression deep down made analysing and discussing deep human relationships difficult. She was really empathetic and lovely (and unnessarily apologised for making me feel uncomfortable in class, even though I didn't feel sensitive about the material discussed, I just felt out of depth in the discussions and analysis), and discussed the readings with me for the next hour. Asked me if I spoke to student counselling for special consideration, and told her that never spoke to a counsellor because of traumatic experiences with the counsellor and police and offered to help me get one without  seeing them. She also was like "if you want to chat or discuss/analyse the readings, we can always arrange a time for it". Unexpected kindness is so heartwarming <3

[fantasticbeasts3]

i don't think i've posted in this thread before, but at the moment i have a few things to be grateful for:
- my mum. although i think she's annoying at times, i can understand all she wants is the best for me. she supports me no matter what, and i know i always have a shoulder to cry on or have someone to talk to. even though i haven't been doing well in school this year, she hasn't been overbearing about it and continues to support me no matter what. there is the element of her being pushy for me to do my best, but i know it's for good. her support has gotten me through this year, and my rants are well-received (sometimes with some judgement on how i shouldn't talk about people a certain way) with never-ending advice on how i should live my life, etc. one of my favourite people.

- my siblings. irritating, annoying, just want to avoid them at all times, and every other synonym for annoying, they're always there. awesome people.

- friends. always supportive, although a bit nosy with marks and other going ons in life, they're always there by my side, and knowing i've got their back as well is great. i've grown from a few friendships, that is, moved on - but i now know who are the most supportive people around at school, and i know i can rely on them.

- teachers. in particular - modern and business. they're so incredibly helpful, and are always willing to answer my questions and emails and go out of their way to explain something to me - pretty much giving me a whole essay (very much my modern teacher, he goes into so much depth answering questions and doesn't look at me weirdly when i don't know something. pretty much the reason why i love modern so much). my business teacher especially is an absolute queen, and despite getting terrible marks in the half yearlies, continues to believe in me, right up until now after my trials where i had improved lots, was so proud and is helpful with my 551 dumb questions.

- God. those who know me know i'm relatively religious, and when i'm in doubt i start praying or asking God to help me, and i always feel comforted by His presence because i just know he's always there but not always there i don't know it's just there

all the love,
fantasticbeasts x

[Never.Give.Up]

i'm thankful for cleaner/janitors in public spaces; although they may be mocked for their job i admire them as without them i cannot imagine how disgusting it would be....  i'm very thankful that i'm finishing school before the syllabus changes entirely (thinking of u 2019 leavers and later... ) and most of all i'm thankful for AN and my family and friends and the support they provide...

[elysepopplewell]

I'm really thankful for people who just, get it. Without having gone through exactly what you have (or maybe they have), without having to draw comparisons between you and them, they can just be there for you, they can just empathise.

I'm really thankful for people who are ready to lift people up without finding a little thing to drag them down about. Whenever I see someone who is just so happy for everyone else, I think it's really contagious and it's a really fun way to live.

[beatroot]

Had reflection day today and I just want to say how thankful I am for the teachers who organised the day. They could have let us continue our studies for the HSC, but they thought it would be nice for us to have a break. I'm also thankful for the guy who hosted the entire thing. He was hilarious, talented and so sweet. Every five minutes or so, he would say "hope you girls have a wonderful life" or "hope you live life to the fullest". It was so refreshing to hear something so optimistic and made me realise that there's definitely life outside the HSC. Also I'm super grateful for my friend, who I got coffee with after reflection day and we just sat in her car talking about life. Today has been a wonderful day.

[elysepopplewell]

Had reflection day today and I just want to say how thankful I am for the teachers who organised the day. They could have let us continue our studies for the HSC, but they thought it would be nice for us to have a break. I'm also thankful for the guy who hosted the entire thing. He was hilarious, talented and so sweet. Every five minutes or so, he would say "hope you girls have a wonderful life" or "hope you live life to the fullest". It was so refreshing to hear something so optimistic and made me realise that there's definitely life outside the HSC. Also I'm super grateful for my friend, who I got coffee with after reflection day and we just sat in her car talking about life. Today has been a wonderful day.

Thank you for sharing this...I loved reading it!! I feel fuzzy.

[Joseph41]

Love.

[elysepopplewell]

Not sure what the weather is like over in Vic, but Sydney wide it's 30+ degrees right now and verrrrrry nice. I really did not want to deal with today, knowing the extreme back log of work I have to catch up on. But as I walked to the library I saw a nice little spot in the shade but still very warm, and that is where I am right now. I'm very grateful to live somewhere with weather so beautiful.

[GalacticProcess]

Not sure what the weather is like over in Vic, but Sydney wide it's 30+ degrees right now and verrrrrry nice. I really did not want to deal with today, knowing the extreme back log of work I have to catch up on. But as I walked to the library I saw a nice little spot in the shade but still very warm, and that is where I am right now. I'm very grateful to live somewhere with weather so beautiful.

I feel extremely jealous.