Today is Thanksgiving in America. This is my fifth Thanksgiving in this country. When I first moved here, I had no concept of thanksgiving but I had idea of what is family and how to celebrate festivals with families so it wasn't too hard for me to gel in to the festivities of Thanksgiving.
Today is November 25, 2010; today, I am really thankful to so many people who have helped me stay the kind of person I am and who have helped me emotionally to stay afloat in my hard times. But the most, I am very thankful to myself that I am NOT a quitter. If I was a quitter, I would have quit struggling to search for a better life, I would have given up when I was jobless, I would have quit life when I had the risk to be homeless and when I had no passion or emotion to grow...Thank you my god for giving me chances to stay strong, thank you.
It seems like a dream that I have made a life for myself in last few years in this strange country despite the fact that I was going through shittiest issues and struggles. Today, I have an emotional family here who is with me through my thick and thin...I am thankful to them for their love and friendship. I am thankful to my brother who has supported me in my worse of days to my best of days, through emails, phone calls and text messages...without him I would have been like a crippled woman of color in this country. I am thankful to my parents and sister for being there for me...Thank you so much. I am thankful to my friends for showing me the path I am walking on today, and I am thankful for those who came in my life to leave a great impression...Thank you so much everyone. I also would like to include my professors and my new friends/classmates at USC in this feeling of thanksgiving...they have been very helpful to me throughout in this journey...:-)
Hope everyone out there is able to celebrate this festival of thanksgiving with their loved ones. I am missing my parents but lucky to have friends around...Thank you friends and family!
Trojan
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