We know that expressing gratitude helps form more pathways in the brain that makes it possible to be more grateful in life, so I am going to express what I am grateful for. I’ll try to write about 50 things!

1. I am thankful for Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection
2. I am thankful for my boyfriend being a part of my life
3. I am thankful for my package arriving in the mail today (my anti-anxiety notebook)
4. I am grateful for being alive
5. I am grateful for my dog, Meelo
6. I am grateful for being relatively calm today
7. I am grateful for my boyfriend answering the phone this morning when I was anxious
8. I am grateful for music
9. I am grateful for the milkshake I had earlier
10. I am grateful for the Bible, specifically my study Bible and all the resources I have with it
11. My friends
12. The smile on my face in this moment
13. Being in a call with my boyfriend at this moment
14. My boyfriend initiating the phone call
15. Being able to go to college
16. The art I have for my fursona
17. The little things I got last year for Christmas
18. The nice weather outside
19. My journal entries on my phone, and the memories I have saved there
20. For the people who stuck by me in my hard times
21. For the people who deal with me when I get anxious every day
22. For having had experienced therapy, even if it was temporary
23. For all the LGBT people I have met in my life
24. For ONLY having anxiety and not having it worse than I already do
25. I’m thankful for myself
26. The comfortable couch I’m sitting on
27. The gifts my boyfriend has gotten for me
28. The support I receive during this hard time
29. The strength the Holy Spirit fills me with
30. The new life I have in Jesus, defined by him and not by my trauma
31. I’m thankful for the person I am becoming, I love him
32. I’m thankful that I am only wounded, but not shattered and broken beyond repair
33. My boyfriend has a family that loves and supports him
34. My boyfriend lives in a safe environment
35. To be alive even though things are hard
36. My high school class trip
37. I got my exam and essays done this morning and out of the way
38. I’m thankful that I am loved and accepted, despite my anxiety being there always
39. I’m thankful I got to learn Greek and Hebrew so I can read the Bible’s original translations
40. I’m thankful for the little privacy that I have
41. I’m thankful for being able to see my friends recently
42. I’m thankful for technology keeping me connected to others in this strange time
43. I’m thankful for God’s love for me
44. I’m thankful for the fresh air
45. I’m thankful for the little things in life
46. I don’t have much, but I am thankful for what I do have
47. I’m thankful that my boyfriend is helping me mature into a better adult
48. I’m thankful my boyfriend is helping me grow into the best version of myself
49. I’m thankful for this website, giving me a space to grow emotionally
50. I’m thankful for whoever read through this entire list XD