What I'm Thankful For

I really take my life for granted. I am such a pessimist, living by the adage, "Life sucks, then you die". However, I know that this isn't really the case, because God's blessed me with so much in my life. Thanksgiving is an annual reminder of all of this. I live in a country where I have freedom of religion, and though I don't know how much longer this will last, I am free to worship God, and am not persecuted for my religious beliefs. I am constantly complaining about my grades and my workload, when this is all my fault, me just being lazy and lacking motivation. I have been given a family that, even though we fuss and fight some of the time, loves me and cares about me. These things that seem so menial and "normal" I constantly take for granted, when I should be thanking God for them each and every day. I might think and say sometimes that life is hard, and that I struggle so much, but this isn't the case, not at all. I have it so stinking easy, and each and every day I am constantly reminded of how easy I really have it.