With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking of a few things other than turkey that we are thankful for.  Since you probably know, but just have trouble remembering, here is a small list of thoughts to put us all in the mood.

• Be thankful when you are feeling down, someone else is always worse off than you are.
  

• Be thankful for small things to worry about, they give us practice for the big stuff.
  

• Be thankful if getting old and fat is the worse thing that you have to worry about.
  

• Be thankful for laughter... as long as it doesn’t break anything.
  

• Be thankful we don’t have to pay for sunrises or sunsets as we could never afford one.
  

• Be thankful for having too much work to do, that’s job insurance.
  

• Be thankful you are free to vote your choice... even if there is no choice worth voting for.
  

• Be thankful for friends even if they are aggravating.  They probably feel the same way about you.
  

• Be thankful for uncertainty as it gives you more time to make a decision.
  

• Be thankful when you make a mistake that you can always blame someone else... or the dog.
  

• Be thankful that if you don’t have time to wait, you can wait until you have more time.
  

• Be thankful when someone says you are wrong. It gives you a chance to prove otherwise.
  

• Be thankful that you have right to say what you think, especially when what you think isn’t worth saying.
  

• Be thankful that the best things in life are free. This gives you more cash to spend on the other best things.
  

• Be thankful that if you can’t avoid making a mistake you can at least avoid repeating it.
  

• Be thankful that there are always things to smile about – even if you sometimes forget what they are.
  

• Be thankful for needs that are met, especially if they are met in way different than what you expected.
  

• Be thankful for finishing last because you have more opportunity to do better the next time.
  

• Be thankful for sticky stuff, greasy spots, and blemishes, they help us remember we are not perfect.
  

• Be thankful for stress - it motivates us to make changes.
  

• Be thankful there is always enough blame to go around, so you can share it if you need to.
  

• Be thankful for the fast lane; it gets the people that are speeding off your bumper.
  

• Be thankful to see things as they might be instead of the way they are.
  

• Be thankful for animals; they help us to remember that we are human.
  

• Be thankful we don’t always get what we deserve, as what we deserve may be worse than what we get.
  

• Be thankful that when you’ve seen it all and done it all, that you don’t have do it again.