I am thankful

I am thankful. I am thankful for many, many things. A short list of some of the things I am thankful for are

• my parents who raised me (and still influence me) with values
• some teachers, coaches, bosses and other who mentored me and given me a chance to improve myself
• some teachers, coaches, bosses and other who didn't give me a chance and allowed me not to waste my time with them and to pursue influence from better people
• my lack of patience for the negative things and people that keeps me from wasting my time with them
• my ability to see potential in what is sometimes disguised as negative 
• my wiliness to continually learn
• family
• friends
• freedom
• knowing that I can achieve what many others find not achievable, simply by trying and working hard with a plan
• being able to learn from those who don't see things the way I do, by both keeping an open mind and also by seeing their failures
• my faith in a higher power that has had a direct or indirect influence on all I listed above