Thanksgiving 50 List

Today is Thanksgiving, a time to reflect on what we are most grateful for. Generally, I'm thankful for these 50 things (in no order of importance):

1. Waking up and still breathing
2. Having the power to get myself out of bed*
3. Not just being able to walk, but to run as well (did 10 kms this morning)
4. Being in generally good health
5. Being, for the most part, pain free
6. Having all my five senses
7. Being allergy free
8. Being in better physical shape now in some ways than I was even as a younger man
9. Being free of addictions; not being a social parasite to others by being a slave to any 
10. Looking reasonably good for my age
11. Being Canadian
12. Living in a peaceful nation
13. Not having to worry about the cost of most health care should I need it
14. Living in a reasonably secure area
15. Access to the lovely parks and trails to jog in during summer
16. Owning property instead of renting it
17. Having adequate living space without an outrageous cost
18. Having a cozy fireplace, to comfort me during winter
19. All the comfort food that I know how to make
20. Clean running water that one can drink from the taps
21. Being employed/employable
22. Adequately accessible roadways and transportation
23. Not having to spend a ridiculous amount of time commuting to work
24. Not being on any form of social assistance
25. Having a frugal mindset, and able to notice and appreciate the simple abundance around me
26. Having a computer and access to the Internet
27. Having enough technical savvy to use the aforementioned things
28. A simple enough life to be able to live independently, by myself
29. Having enough creativity and knowledge about how to cook
30. Having a better than average literacy skill (it's shocking to know just how much of the world is really illiterate)
31. Having a better than average ability to write
32. Having just enough enemies **
33. Having enough sense and discretion about how to eject those who qualify as candidates of point 32 out of my life
34. My best friend
35. My family
36. Doing what I can to live a little greener
37. My dog, the enjoyment she gives me, and having a big enough heart to care for her
38. My very eclectic music collection
39. The free books and media at my local public library (my library card is the most valuable thing in my wallet)
40. Living in a nation that scores high on allowing intellectual freedom.
41. Access to nutritious food
42. My iPhone
43. The useful apps on the iPhone
44. Having an appetite for life-long learning
45. The times that I can nap or meditate in silence
46. Games and puzzles
47. My books
48. Lessons in Zen
49. Any good sleep I can get
50. Knowing that there are more than just 50 things that could be added to this list

*- I know it may seem silly to say, but work with the disabled for a while, and you'll see that this point is not so trivial.

**- Let's get real here, if you have friends, you will have enemies. Be thankful that the world has a few examples of malicious and idiotic people whom you would never wish to be like, otherwise you wouldn't know what it's like to do and be better.