I am Thankful for

   In the USA the fourth Thursday of November is celebrated as Thanksgiving Day  In 1621 the colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared a three-day feast to celebrate a successful autumn harvest.

   In India we don't have Thanksgiving Day but we definitely have a lot to be thankful for. Here are the views of a few members of the Writestuff Writers' Club.

Priya: I am thankful to my family, my friends, for having a roof over my head, getting my daily meals and most of all I am thankful to God for carrying me through troubled times.

Aanchal: I am thankful to be born as a woman who can love, nurture and inspire.

To belong to a family who has gifted me with values and good upbringing. To belong to a country with a rich and varied culture, natural beauty and great history that is every neighbour's envy. To be blessed with everything I need and some more to share with others. To be healthy and wise so I can take care of myself and others.

Ayushi: I am thankful for the mistakes, as they are the best teachers, for the faults in me as they inspire me to be better, thankful for the hard times as they keep me hopeful for the good ones, for all that is lost as it prepares me for something new and better to come and I am thankful for my failures, so I can enjoy the process of trying again.

Phorum: I am thankful for mistakes, imagination and a heart that beats – no matter what.

Riccu: I am thankful that we have more holidays than America

Ayush: I am thankful to whatever made me stubborn, for without it, I'd never have travelled this road I'm on. I am thankful to Nature, because she provides for all – you only need to look in the right places. I thank my parents, for not agreeing with me, but supporting me nonetheless. I am thankful to my friends, for hanging around when no one else did, making sure I never strayed back into dark waters. And last of all, I am thankful to you Patricia, for believing in me, for the gazillion references, and for being the reason I'm writing this from an actual workplace!

Karthik: I'm not sure what I should be thankful for. How can someone be thankful for only some things in life. It's not possible. I do think though, that we keep forgetting to be thankful for everything that we do have

I think Karthik said it for me. We should be thankful for everything.