1. Even though I can sense that my friends are always bored in my presence and would far rather be with other people who are actually capable of being funny and witty and warm, they still stick around with me, and this is proof of God's grace upon my life. I am thankful that even though I have nothing much to offer people in my life, God reminds me that He is not a God of striving and works and performativity....He just enjoys me, and so He gives me people who somehow, for some unexplainable reason, also enjoy me in spite of my boring-ness.
2. This does not quite fall under "things" haha but I am SO grateful for Daniel and Mercy and their endless belief in me and just for their love for me - the way they look out for me, the way they pull me into their lives, the way they talk about me as if they want me to live with them forever...I've never really met people who've loved me this much before - the ones that have always peter out within seconds - and who've wanted me to be so much a part of their lives before, and I don't think I'll ever meet anyone else who WILL want me to be similarly involved in his/her life...and it is just nice. To be loved in a way that is just so pure and simple, that has nothing to do with what I can give them. It's very healing to receive this kind of love. :)
3. Friends who care more deeply about me than I deserve to be cared for.
4. Friends who would MAKE time to have ice cream with me on super short notice just because I felt like it...and needed it, in spite of their busyness...and eating ice cream with me in spite of having a cold, just so I wouldn't feel alone.
5. Friends who remember that I love them...and want me to be part of the important times of their lives.
6. New friends who get me without me saying anything about my interests! Hahaha.
"I wasn't hungry this time yesterday...but now that I see you, I'm hungry!"
7. Friends who are so in tune with God that they just KNOW when I need a hug or some love. :)
8. God's love holds me together.
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