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When it come to gratitude, it is hard to be grateful if I am focused on what I do not yet have. I am trying to be happy for what I have now, while also being happy for the hope I have for the good which is yet to come. This picture is from a walk I went on today.  I am grateful for that walk, and for finding this little hill...  but that didn't make it into my list.

1. I am thankful for my students and for their warm welcome back. 
2. I am thankful for my knowledge of the English language. 
3. I am thankful to be able to teach and tutor. 
4. I am thankful I can offer people rides. 
5. I am thankful I can talk with SJ about money. 
6. I am thankful I can read the Book of Mormon with SJ. 
7. I am grateful that I didn't feel depressed today. 
8. I am grateful for naps. 
9. I am thankful for the atmosphere at work. 
10. I am grateful for the variety of food in the grocery store. 
11. I am thankful for my friends G and B, and that they helped me discover that teaching ESL is fun. 
12. I am thankful for the training I have received.
13. I am grateful for all the information available to which I have access. 
14. I am thankful to have hope to change.
15. I want to be thankful, not just for the good in my life, but the good in the lives of those around me. I am thankful each of my students has the chance to be in Canada and learn English.  They each have their own story, and unique reason for coming to Canada. I am grateful they each are blessed to be able to be here. 
16. I am thankful that I don't need to be perfect yet. I can improve little by little. 
17. I am thankful I can walk. 
18. I am thankful for the hills in my neighbourhood. 
19. I am thankful for Canmore park. 
20. I am thankful to have a keyboard. 
21. I am thankful for the bit of piano knowledge I have, and that I am learning more. 
22. I am thankful for friends with whom I can joke. 
23. I am thankful for humour. 
24. I am thankful when others thank me. 
25. I am thankful to be able to clean the temple, and how that has encouraged me to take better care of the places I go. 
26. I am thankful to be a temple worker. 
27. I am thankful for the many people who have encouraged me in small ways through life's journey. I am thinking specifically of Brother and Sister P. 
28. I am thankful for their openness and their smiles. 
29. I am thankful to be a temple worker and a temple learner. 
30. I am grateful to always be able to learn about God. 
31. I am thankful for my Saturday classes. 
32. I am thankful for my coworker C and her willingness to share ideas and material with me. 
33. I am thankful for this list of gratitude with helps me to remember to focus on the positive, even as I look forward to SJ coming. 
34. I am thankful that SJ sings to me. 
35. I am thankful she makes me laugh. 
36. I am thankful for my study group. 
37. I am thankful for my friend D, and that she sat by me in Church. 
38. I am thankful for broadcasts. 
39. I am thankful for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the covenants I can make with God.