30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 1

I am totally stealing this idea from my friend Amanda because A) it is an awesome idea, and B) I'm a terrible blogger and maybe this will give me reason to be blogging in the month of November.


I am thankful for good friends: old and new.  New friends that were at my house tonight for lifegroup and stayed late talking about life and relationships and just being honest and real.  Old friends like Sarah, who was willing to be my host and guide this past weekend as we trekked to our nation's capital for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.


I'm thankful that I can experience the world through a lens of humor, and that laughing about a situation does not dilute its importance but can actually create better dialogue and more understanding.  I'm thankful that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have jobs that do exactly that.


I'm thankful that I finally visited the capital city of the United States. Just being on the National Mall reminded me how thankful I am to live in this country.  How great is it that we are so free?  How fantastic that I can disagree with you and say so, yet neither one of us is "less patriotic" because we disagree?  How amazing that when we embrace our differences, we become an even more united and great nation?  I do love this country.