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So this is your initiation huh Beans? This is what its come to? Times are that hard? I thought Mr. Bentley was a “faggot”(insert name calling video) Beans? Isn’t the saying once a faggot always a faggot Beans? Kanye’s still a faggot, why not Mr Bentley Beans? Smh… I kinda hoped there was some validity to your claims and you weren’t just doing this to help 50 push his shit sandwich w/sprinkles(strikethru) album Before I Self destruct, but now I see what this is all about…
You wanna join the illuminati huh Beans? You feel left out Beans? Can’t beat em join em Beans? You feel some kind of way that Puff didn’t invite you to his party? Wish you were standing next to Rick Ross? Thought you were “Muslim scrappy”(insert youtube of beans powerhouse freestyle)? What’s this really about Beans? You can give up on your fallback plan that Jay is gonna bribe you to shut up because judging by this(Meiple), he doesn’t seem to care that you know whatever it is that you know.

So either release it or release what we’ve really been waiting for, the new Beans album. We kinda like 50 for the beef more than the music but for you its been about the lyrics and never the beef. And really, in 2009 beef is corny and over used so this marketing plan is about 4 yrs too late…..

Do what you want with that.

Is it really better to be bigger?  Well I am now the proud owner of a new netbook, an I have to say first impressions are that small is the new big!

My notebook is a Hewlett Packard HP110 with a 10.1 inch screen, and wow it really packs a punch.  It runs on Windows 7, is very fast and delivers exactly what it promises; light, compact, portable, and most importantly very sexy !!

The anti-glare screen means I can use it almost anywhere, and the 6-7 hour battery life gives me far more than I need for my daily commute.

so, BIG is not always better (sorry!)… I’ll be sticking with small from now on.!

Mir fällt auf dass auf Hörspielen für Kinder die Musik oft sehr schön und liebevoll arrangiert ist. Das ist gut. Los ich müsste die Kassette noch irgendwo haben. Sie ist unglaublich süß und geborgen.
Ich sollte Eurokom machen aber ich hab die altbekannte Abwehrhaltung dagegen. Ich schätz ich schaff es aber richtig vorbereiten werd ich mich nicht. Naja selber Schuld, was ? Ich finds nervig dass ich nie zufrieden sein kann. Und frage mich ob das an mir liegt oder an Umständen in denen ich lebe. Vermutlich beides.

fireflies

Das Lied kommt jetzt nicht in einem Kinderhörspiel vor, aber es hat mich wohl an die Kassette erinnert.

You’re making friends with the fireflies
I can’t say that that comes as a surprise
But the things they say are not what they seem
So you’ve been called to tell us what they mean

The days get shorter and the nights get cold.
I like the autumn but this place is getting old.
I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast.
It might not be a lot but I feel like I’m making the most.–Modest Mouse

Well the weekend was yet another in Guada. Thursday we went out, Friday we went out, oh, and Saturday we went out too. In between we somehow visited the Pantheon (one of Guadalajara’s biggest attractions…not saying too much). Basically it is an above ground church and an underground mausoleum for a very rich woman who lived in Guadalajara a long time ago. It’s supposed to be the best privately owned pantheon in the world (although my guess is that it’s the only privately owned pantheon). We also went to an art opening by an English-speaking Ghana native. And we made breakfast for dinner (I made pancakes!)

In other news, I just wanted to discourage anyone who is worried about me while abroad from seeing the movie Taken (just watched it). Also, I would like to say that I am currently in love with the 2 new Shakira songs “Did It Again” and “Give It Up To Me”. Finally, they have opened a 2 euro store here and it has made my weekend.

I am already giving thanks for Thanksgiving this week because it gives me something to discuss in every single one of my lessons (handprint turkeys, anyone?). Although, we are doing a rather elaborate American feast with about 20 guests and I am going to attempt 3 dishes. More to come later on that (as well as a sappy “what-I-am-thankful-for” post).

Well haven’t had the time lately to do a new post and I decided while I finish my latest piece to do another ELS, cause everybody needs a laugh or just something to makes us smile once in a while . This one will be a random MLIA one, enjoy!

-Today, my friend and I were walking home and she proceeded to sing the song she had to write for health class to the tune of the chorus of “We’re All In This Together” that went like “Smoking gives you cancer, and when you die you’re parents will cry” with out noticing that there was a smoker walking right next to us. Immediately after she finished, he walked past us, put out his cigarette, and said, “Thanks.” MLIA

-Today, I became very curious about the difference between a cupcake and a muffin so naturally, I consulted google, and this is what I discovered, “If you threw a cupcake against the wall, you would hear something of a ‘poof!’ If you threw a muffin, you would hear a ‘thud!” thanks for clearing that up google. MLIA

-Today, I tried texting my mom complaining of period cramps but by accident I texted my new boyfriend, one name away from my mom’s in my phone book. About an hour later, he showed up at my door with chocolate, Pamprin, tampons, and flowers. I think this is the beginning of a long, happy relationship. MLIA

-Today, my 10 year old son and I were walking through the park. He likes to play “war” and was “shooting” at random people with an imaginary gun. He “shot” at one man, who proceeded to collapse, and play dead, to the horror of my son. He must have been at least 80. MLIA

-Today, I was video chatting with my girlfriend online and watched her little brother sneak in behind her and hide in her closet. I asked her to show me her favorite dress so she would go open the closet. I’ve never seen someone jump that high. MLIA

-Today, at the start of my math class, someone asked the age old question: When am I ever going to use this? My teacher turned around, thought about it looked up, took a breath and said, “Never.” He closed the book. We were done for the period. MLIA

-Today in math class, my teacher called on a guy who had food in his mouth. The kid mumbled an answer, and the teacher told him he was right. One of the girls then asked how he could understand it, to which my math teacher replied, “Oh my wife always talks with something in her mouth.” He then couldn’t figure out why we were all laughing so hard.MLIA.

-Today, my grandma (who’s 87) said she had 4 babies in 6 years. My mom goes, ‘You must’ve been insane’ and them my grandma says, ‘Nope, just horny.’ I love my grandma. MLIA

-Today, I was texting my boyfriend while watching TV in my room. I asked him what he was doing, and he said “about to scare someone.” Before I could reply asking him who it was, suddenly arms came from under my bed and grabbed my legs causing me to scream hysterically. He had been waiting there for 3 hours to do that. It worked. MLIA

-Today, we were allowed to listen to our iPods in math class. My friend asked me what I was listening to. Embarrassed, I quietly informed him I was listening to the Glee soundtrack. He smiled happy and said, “Really? I’m listening to Glee too!” Hearing this, more than half the class turns around and shouts, “Me too!” I go to an all boys school. MLIA

-Today, I was taking a test on the play Julius Caesar. It was multiple choice and one of the questions was what was Caesar’s last words. One of the possible answers was “Holy sh*t! Why are you stabbing me?!” I think my English teacher is more awesome than I thought. MLIA

-My friend gave her sister three goldfish and a snail for her brithday. Her sister named the three fish Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and the snail Snape. Within a few weeks, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all dead, while Snape is still alive. I can’t help but feel a little suspicious. MLIA

-Today, I tried #9 on 333 ways to get kicked out of walmart, where you dress up as batman and yell “COME ROBIN! TO THE BATMOBILE!”. I wore a batman shirt instead and proceeded to do this when a old man popped out of a aisle (with a red shirt and black pants mind you) and yelled back “HOLY MACKEREL BATMAN, WHERES THE TROUBLE!?” We then ran down the aisle singing the old batman song until my mom and his daughter caught us. I love old people. MLIA

-Today, I joined the ongoing Yahoo vs. Google battle by entering “my girlfriend” in both. Yahoo presented me with “my girlfriend’s house”, while Google gave me “my girlfriend hasn’t had her period since she got pregnant do you think the baby is drinking the blood?” Yahoo, just give up. MLIA.

-Today, I saw a police man texting while driving. His window was down, so I pulled up next to him and said, “I am going to have to report you, officer.” He looked up at me, startled, and motioned for me to follow him. We then turned into the sonic drive-in. He proceeded to buy me a slushy. You are forgiven, Cop Nelson. MLIA

While perusing the Juicy Couture jewellery I came across the super cute Piggy Banks. If I had one of these when I was younger maybe I would be much richer now. I’m sure they can be found in a few places but I found them at Revolve. They cost about £30 , which I think is quite good really.

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Source: Simply in Season
Serves: 4 – 6

Oh my God, this was good. I feel like I should just leave it at that and tell you to go make it. But it’s Thanksgiving week, and this is a food blog, and I should probably explain why this dish deserves a place at your holiday table. And even if you don’t want to make it this week, since you probably already have traditional dishes that will take up your time and stomach space through next Sunday, you should give it a try the week after, when you’re tired of rich food but are still craving the quintessential flavors of late autumn.

This faux risotto is light and buttery from a kiss of parmesan, sweet and creamy from tender butternut squash, and zesty with fresh sage. It is like November in a bowl, comfort food laced with good-for-you squash.

It took a while to prepare, what with all the chopping and sauteing and simmering, but it’s easy prep. I was on the phone with a good friend for the duration and didn’t make any critical errors, so I consider it an excellent meal for multi-tasking, actually.

Try it. Phone-chatting optional.

Ingredients:

1 T. olive oil
1 C. onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
4 C. butternut squash, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (what you’ll get from about two pounds of squash)
1/2 C. vegetable broth
1/2 C. white wine
1 C. orzo, uncooked
4 C. water or broth
1/2 C. parmesan
2 T. fresh sage*
salt and pepper to taste

*I definitely recommend getting some fresh sage for this recipe. But if you use dried, throw it in with the squash while it’s cooking, instead of stirring it in at the end.

Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add onion and saute until soft, about 6-8 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute longer. Add squash to pan, stirring to mix all veggies together. Add broth and white wine. Bring mixture to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, covered, until squash is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed, about 12 – 15 minutes. (Or longer if necessary — you want the squash to be very tender but still holding its shape.)

While the squash is simmering, bring 4 cups water or broth (I used one cup of broth and 3 cups of water) to a boil. Add orzo and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain pasta in colander and transfer to a large serving bowl.

Stir butternut squash mixture into pasta. Add parmesan and sage and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste.

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There are lots of exciting new lines in stock, from designer clothing and handmade jewellery to glitzy, glamorous costume jewellery, bags and gifts.

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It’s going to be a little slow going around here for a while.

I had a mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty on the 18th and am not allowed to do any strenuous exercise for a week or two. I developed an infection in the mastoid process, a honeycomb-like structured protrusion of the skull you can feel if you press behind your ear. This infection basically ate the ossicles, the three minute bones behind your eardrum, and some other structures and left me unable to hear through that ear. They went in from behind the ear and cleaned out the infection. They also took a small skin graft from my arm and made a new eardrum for me, to keep out new infection and to, perhaps, someday facilitate prosthetics and hearing aids.

So maybe in a year or so they can replace those bones and stuff and restore my hearing, I’ll find out a bit more about that during my follow-up visit in a couple days.

Well, it’s been a while.

My last post on this blog was on Halloween. My latest post on any of my blogs is from November 3. While they’ve been stagnant, none of these blogs have been abandoned. I just want to make that clear. Life happens, and things like this get put aside until they can be taken up again.

I’m not going to go into a large amount of detail here, but I wanted to let everyone know why the blogs have been largely ignored. Here’s a bit of what’s been going on (in no particular order):

• Work: As the conference season draws to a close, my work schedule has been sporadic. Some weeks we’re really busy, others we’re really not. And with our crew of four being cut in half (one transferred to another location, the other was in a pretty bad car accident), I’ve been stepping up to fill those gaps.
• Google Wave: As reported in my last post, I got an invitation to the preview of Google’s new Wave application. I’ve been excited about Wave ever since I saw the long video of the conference where it was announced. The biggest problem with Wave is that there are many aspects that are not intuitive. I guess that’s what happens when you’re trying to redesign something. It makes sense when you think about it. Anyway, I’ve been putting in a good amount of time trying to figure it out, and see how I can put it to use.
• Family: Family life can be taxing. It’s just that simple. But when you add on a child that’s getting sent home from school three days a week, things are a little more trying. The poor kid has been in weekly play therapy, weekly group therapy, monthly visits to another shrink, and bounced from one medication to another by his pediatrician. This is all in addition to his physical ailments, which range from allergies to seizures. And no one has been able to determine what’s wrong (and something most definitely is wrong). The other child has been involved with a theatre/clowning/Shakespeare class, which, while it doesn’t cause any problems, does take a few hours out of every week to get her to and from class.
• The Scare Game: The last week has seen the sudden kick-off of filming the second episode of this web series, and this week likely sees the shooting of episode three. With everything else, I haven’t been able to participate as much as I would like, but it’s still something I’m excited about, and something to which I’m willing to dedicate whatever time I can. I’m also (as you’ve seen in part here) blogging, tweeting, and now waving to spread the word-of-mouth about this show.

Going into the holiday season of Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year’s, I can’t say how active I’ll be, but I hope you keep checking back, or follow me on Twitter so you can see when I’ve posted another blog, or subscribe to the RSS feed for this and my other blogs. I’ve got a lot to write about, and a lot of things I’ve found that I want to share. I just need the time to do so.

On Kay Slay’s Streetsweeper’s radio, Freeway shrugs at the idea that the world is coming to an end on December 20, 2012. You ain’t the only one Free. Afterward, he and Jakk Frost discusses their Islamic faith.

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via Rap Radar :: Freeway Debunks The “2012″ Apocalypse.

I decided to post this today since the schedule is already relevant.  If you’re using an RSS reader, sorry for the huge post.  If you’re using your actual browser to look at the site – use the links.

Here are our Thanksgiving recipes.  We do a lot more than this, but these are the ones we’ve “perfected” to the point that we don’t mess with them from year to year.  Use the hyperlinks to jump to the recipes that interest you.

Turkey – Mashed Potatoes – Gravy – Stuffing – Sugar Cream Pie – Cranberry Sauce – Schedule – Master Ingredients List

Turkey

Mashed Potatoes

Gravy

This recipe is adapted from Cook’s Illustrated and is best done over 2 days.  WATCH YOUR SALT ON THIS ONE – if you’re not careful it can get out of hand pretty quickly.  Use low-sodium broth.

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
• Reserved turkey heart, gizzard, and neck (feed the liver – cooked – to the dog).
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth
• 2 cups of water
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 8 parsley stems
• 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup dry white wine
• Table salt and ground black pepper

Also – when you put your turkey in the oven, place 1 cup each of onion, carrot, and celery as well as some fresh thyme sprigs and a cup of water in the bottom of the roasting pan.

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium high-heat. Brown the turkey giblets and neck for 5 mins (cut the neck up into chunks first). Cook onion for 3 minutes. Cover and cook on low for 20 mins.

Add chicken broth and water, deglaze the pan (scrape the stuff off of the bottom), and bring to a boil. Add herbs and simmer, skimming foam from surface for 30 mins.

Pour the broth through a fine mesh strainer. Reserve and dice the heart and gizzard if you want to use them in the gravy (if not, give them to the dog). Pull the chunks off of the neck once it cools and give them to the dog.

Refigerate until ready to use if you’re doing this in advance.

When ready to use, bring the broth to a simmer.

Melt butter in another saucepan over medium-low. Whisk in the flour, and stir constantly until it turns to a deep nutty brown – this can take 10-25 mins depending on your stove and your pans.

GRADUALLY add all but 1 cup of hot turkey broth to the flour/butter mixture. WHISK VIGOROUSLY AND CONSTANTLY WHILE ADDING BROTH – OTHERWISE YOU GET LUMPS.

Simmer and stir occasionally, skimming scum off the top until thickened to your taste…usually at least 30 mins. Set aside covered until turkey comes out of the oven.

At the bottom of the turkey pan, if you followed my recipe, you’ll have 3 cups of veggies, some random aromatics that fell out of the turkey, and the turkey drippings. Pour the drippings and the veggies into a fine mesh strainer set over a large measuring cup or gravy separator. Return vegetables to the roasting pan and add aromatics.

Let the drippings sit until the fat rises to the top — either tilt measuring cup and use a spoon to skim off the fat or pour off everything but the fat using the gravy separator. Set the now defatted dripping aside.

Return your gravy to a simmer.

Place your roasting pan over two of your burners. Add wine and the reserved cup of broth. Use a spatula to scrape off the brown bits in the pan. Boil until liquid reduces by half.

Pour liquid and vegetables into your fine mesh strainer again and squeeze out all the liquid into a measuring cup or bowl.  Discard vegetables.  Add liquid to your gravy. Add drippings to your gravy. Stir in giblets if using, salt to taste, and serve.

Stuffing

I use Stove Top stuffing folks. Straight from the box. I’ve tried dozens of different kinds of stuffing and this is the one I love. Probably because I grew up with it. I don’t have a good recipe for you on this one…as far as I’m concerned, if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. I don’t cook it in the bird either.

Sugar Cream Pie

My wife’s recipe came from a bed and breakfast website and was credited to the Durbin Hotel.

• 1 prepared 8 in. pastry shell, baked and cooled.
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup milk (whole)
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Preheat oven to 400.

In the top of a double boiler, combine butter, sugar, 1/2 cup of milk, and cream.

Heat until butter is melted and mixture is simmering, stirring occasionally.

In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup milk and cornstarch. Whisk until smooth, then slowly pour into hot cream mixture, whisking constantly.

Simmer mixture until thickened, about 5 mins, stirring constantly.

Pour into baked pastry shell and sprinkle with nutmeg.

Bake in preheated oven for 5 mins, allow to cool before serving.

Cranberry Sauce

• 1 bag (12 oz.) of cranberries
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 1 cup water

In a medium saucepan, combine cranberries, sugar, lemon zest, and water.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce to a simmer.  Cook until cranberries are soft (about 10 mins).  Transfer to a bowl and cool to room temperature.

Schedule – Assuming an evening serving time

The week before Thanksgiving – go over your recipes to make sure you have everything you need.  If you don’t, go buy it or do without.

Sunday – if you’re using a frozen turkey, move it to the fridge to thaw.

Monday – look at all of your recipes one more time and make sure you have the stuff you need to do everything…stuff has a way of being eaten.

Tuesday – Clear as much space in the fridge as you can.  Put your brine together.

Wednesday

• Make your gravy (up to the last few steps)
• Make some quick and easy meals ahead of time to keep people out of the kitchen Thursday – like a breakfast strata and sandwiches for lunch.
• Buy any last minute stuff.
• Put turkey in the brine before bed.

Thursday – when you wake up:

Remove turkey from brine and start air drying in the fridge.

5 hours before dinner

• Clean and peel potatoes and get them soaking in water.
• Make cranberry sauce.

3 hours and 30 minutes before serving time

Preheat oven to 400 and prepare your roasting pan.  Melt a stick of butter.

3 hours before serving time

Paint the bird with butter and put the bird in the oven, following my directions.

2 hours and 15 mins before serving time

Flip the bird and continue cooking for 1 more hour (or according to weight, see turkey recipe above).

1 hour and 15 mins before serving time

• Check the temp of the bird and pull from oven if it’s good.  Cover and start it resting.
• Put gravy back to a simmer on a back burner and continue following gravy recipe.

45 Mins before serving time

• Dump off the water potatoes were soaking in and start cooking potatoes according to my recipe above.
• Prepare other sides – this is usually just enough time for a green vegetable to cook.

15 mins before serving time – Game Time

• Uncover turkey and move to a carving board (make sure you use one with a juice catching area).
• Prepare stuffing according to box.
• Prepare turkey platter.
• Finish potatoes.
• Carve bird.
• Put everything into serving bowls and on platters.
• Move to table.

Ingredients you need if you’re using all of my recipes

• 1 gallon low sodium vegetable stock (for turkey brine)
• All spice berries (for turkey brine)
• 1 lemon (for turkey brine)
• 1 lime (for turkey brine)
• 1 orange (for turkey brine)
• Black peppercorns (for turkey brine)
• 1/2 Cup of Brown Sugar (for turkey brine)
• 1 Cup of Kosher Salt (if you use table salt, use 1/2 the amount) (for turkey brine)
• Rosemary (for turkey aromatics)
• Thyme (for turkey aromatics and gravy)
• Parsley (for gravy)
• 2 Onions (for turkey aromatics and gravy)
• 1 sweet red apple (for turkey aromatics)
• 1 cinnamon stick (for turkey aromatics)
• 2 cloves of garlic (for turkey aromatics)
• 1 bottle of dry white wine (various – plus a drink while you’re cooking)
• At least 5-6 sticks of butter (Thanksgiving ISN’T low fat) (various)
• 1 Cup of Cream (sugar cream pie)
• 1 Cup Whole Milk (sugar cream pie)
• 1 pastry shell (pie crust) (sugar cream pie)
• 1/4 cup of cornstarch (sugar cream pie)
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg (sugar cream pie)
• 2 cups of white sugar (cranberry sauce)
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest (take it from the lemon in the brine) (cranberry sauce)
• 1 12 oz bag of cranberries (cranberry sauce)
• Turkey w/ neck and giblets (ummm … for the turkey)
• 6-8 large russet potatoes (mashed potatoes)
• 1 container garlic & herb philadelphia cream cheese (mashed potatoes)
• 3 qts low sodium chicken stock (various)
• Salt (various)
• Pepper (various)
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour (gravy)
• Vegetable Oil (various)
• 1 cup diced carrots (gravy)
• 1 cup diced celery (gravy)
• 1 cup diced onions (gravy)
• 1 Large Box of Stove Top Stuffing (Turkey flavor if you can find it – chicken will do though) (stuffing)
• 1 green vegetable that you can cook in less than 45 mins (vegetable)
• Some sort of dinner roll or other bread (dinner roll)
• Whatever other side dishes make Thanksgiving into a holiday for you (happiness)
• Wine to serve with turkey.  I recommend a beaujolais.  Usually less than $10 and goes well with turkey.  Serve very lightly chilled. (wine)

Hey guys,
I want to talk to you today about Lockerz. I’ve been a member for a little over a month, and I enjoy it. If you’ve never heard of Lockerz before, let me tell you about it.

So Lockerz is this site you can go to each day to answer a simple daily question, and you get points for doing so. Not only that, but you get points just for logging in!

You’re probably thinking “Wow! Spectacular…not! What use are the points?” Well, with these points you can go to their prize area and redeem them for any of a BUTTLOAD of prizes.

Now, you may think this is a scam, but a personal friend of mine, Maverick, has actually received a stuff from them. Yeah okay, I haven’t gotten anything yet, but I am saving up for something awesome.

Lockerz is an invite only website, and I just so happen to have 20 invites available to give out. Signing up once receiving the invite is super easy, and once you do, you can go into your profile and give your shipping info so that once you redeem your points, they know where to ship it to.

The best thing about Lockerz by far is that you can redeem as much stuff as you want, and you won’t pay a cent of shipping & handling fees.

Now, like I said, Lockerz is invite only, so if you want an invite, post your e-mail address in a comment and I’ll send you one. Don’t worry about others seeing your e-mail address, as I moderate all comments before they’re posted, and I’ll simply just see your e-mail address, send you an invite, and delete the comment.

The Advocate just posted this video from the ride with music from Matt Tolentino’s performance at Eno’s in the background:

And James Smudgett uploaded a larger image from our group photo on the courthouse steps here:

(click to enlarge)

Thanks for not having
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Thanks for lacking knowledge
Be thankful when you don’t know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Thanks for difficult times
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Thanks for limitations
Be thankful for your limitations,
because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Thanks for challenges
Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character.

Thanks for mistakes made
Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Thanks for exhaustion
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary,
because it means you’ve made the effort.

Thanks for setbacks
It’s easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who
are also thankful for the setbacks.

Thanks for troubles
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
and they can become your blessings.

~ Author Unknown ~