Well, since its November and I spent the first half of it sick I haven't gotten around to posting a facebook status a day or a tweet a day about what I'm thankful for so I figured, what better place to go than my cute little blog? We're nine days in so I guess I'll come up with the nine things I'm thankful for...here goes nothing!
1. I'm thankful for the incredible experiences I've had in my life. From all of those FCCLA conferences to the new experiences I've had in college, without them I wouldn't be the person I am today.
2. I'm thankful for my family. I may get mad at them at times or disagree with their actions and decisions, but they are my rock. I don't know where I would be without such a supportive family.
3. I'm thankful for the opportunity to attend such a fantastic College and to have the great professors that I do. I can't even begin to imagine what my college experience would be like without such great faculty at GV.
4. I'm thankful for all of the friends I've made at school and for having such awesome floor-mates to hang out with during my free time.
5. I'm thankful for my health. As ironic as it may seem since I've been sick lately, I'm truly thankful for the fact that I was able to rebound and get back on the horse.
6. I'm thankful for homework. No, you didn't read that wrong. If I didn't have homework, it would mean I wasn't going to school and to think of my life without the stresses of homework (which, yes at times is ridiculously irritating and I could easily wish for it all to go away most of the time) would mean I wasn't achieving my goals and dreams and that is what I'm thankful for next...
7. I'm thankful for my dreams. One of my favorite "mantras" is Wish it. Dream it. Do it. If I didn't have such big dreams I wouldn't have gotten to the point where I am today in my life. I feel like every person is able to achieve their dreams if they set their mind to it, and I'm thankful for how big my dreams are and how hard I'm going to have to work to achieve them.
8. I'm thankful for all of my role models. I look up to many people, many of whom are ordinary, normal people who live normal lives. Barack Obama is a pretty big role model right now, but so is J.K. Rowling, FCCLA leaders I've met, congressmen I've had the opportunity to meet with, professors, and friends. I'm thankful that there are so many great role models out there for me to look up to and whether they know it or not (obviously, the President doesn't know that he is one of Hayley Ellis from Iowa's role models) I'm incredibly thankful for them for guiding me along the path I am meant to follow.
9. Finally. Today I am thankful for the grass. I was walking back from class yesterday and they were mowing the grass and man it smelled great. We haven't had the opportunity to smell freshly cut grass very often this year due to the drought but it really was fantastic. I started thinking of the beauty of nature and how no matter where you are in the world, nature connects us all which is an idea of the poet Walt Whitman in Song of Myself (which I so did not read on my own, it was for a class). The leaves of grass connect us all, the living and the dead, the rich and the poor so therefore I am thankful for it.
What are you thankful for?
Hayley
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