Day 36

I am grateful for garbage dumps.  I know, I keep coming up with strange things.  Think about it though.  It really is true that there is a place for everything.  We are wasteful creatures.  We use something and then throw it out.  When garbage is just left on the street it becomes a breeding ground for disease and other unpleasant things.  What a joy that we live in a time where streets are kept cleaner than they were 200 years ago.

I am thankful for the covenants I have made.  I know that if I try to keep those covenants I will be able to return back to my Heavenly Father.  What a glorious reunion that will be.

I am thankful for games.  Nothing better than to play games, computer or otherwise, to unwind and bond with my family.

I am thankful for the principle of work.  I am not just talking about the 9-5 daily grind of a job, though it is part of it, I am talking about working to maintain our lives and achieve our goals. What a blessing to work for something and then to achieve it.  God did a marvelous thing when He turned Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. When we work hard for something we always appreciate it more.

I am thankful for the ability to make choices.  Can you imagine what it would be like if we truly didn't have any choices.  If we were made to do everything.  We would never know true happiness because we wouldn't know sadness.  Every choice was already made for us.  You may think "Oh, how much easier life would be then."  Think about it.  Would life be easier?  I don't think so.  Because we wouldn't know easy from hard.  We wouldn't gain any experiences.  All of our choices would be made for us.  You may think "Oh, but there are times when we don't have a choice."  That isn't true.  There is always a choice.  If one would just stop and think there is always a choice.