I 'm thankful for 2020?Why?

A new year is coming to town it's 3:21 pm already while I'm typing my article for the day. We say goodbye to the year 2020, and welcome 2021. Here in our place, everyone was too busy preparing foods for "Medya Noche", media means midnight. Filipinos believe that if you are preparing a lot of foods during this time you will bless throughout the year. This is usually a tradition for people in the Philippines.

But as of now, I have no idea what to cook for dinner, I'm still thinking. It is because I have a small amount of money allocated for this occasion.

Even though I don't have lots of food to prepare I'm thankful to God for what he has done for my life this 2020. Before we welcome the year 2021 we will count all the blessings within this year so that we can find a reason to be grateful and celebrate his faithfulness.

• Friends

Thank God for all my friends who are always there for me when I need some advice. In times of trouble and difficulties thanks for the helping hand. To all my friends from reading. cash thank you so much, to all the writers who contribute to my learning and effort to continue writing.

• Life

I'm thankful for the life that I have right now because in the past year I have suffered a lot of diseases and problems, especially with the relationship. We have gone through thorns and roses, but by his saving grace we still together as a family. I've been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism for the past year and because this illness enables me to become depressed and leads me to anxiety. Despite this, I still live and enjoy my family even though there are a lot of adjustments. As of now, I was feeling better by God's grace and feeling well.

• Family

My family is getting bigger my we are four siblings and all of us are already married. I'm thankful because there are times of misunderstanding in the family or argument but our parents serve as a good model for all of us. Though we belong to a poor family I am proud of my father and mother that they raised us in the right way and lead us to the right path. I did not finish a degree course because we are lack financially but God still blessed us and provide our needs to survive.

• Opportunity/job

My husband and I are both undergraduate so we have difficulties to find a sustainable job. What I'm thankful for, is that there are a lot of doors open for us to earn and my husband got his job to sustain our needs with a minimum salary we were able to provide for the family.

• Healing

Thank God for the healing of my sickness and my husband and the kids who undergo hospitalization in 2020. Health is indeed our wealth and that's what we always ask when we pray because it's so hard to get sick. Especially if you have no savings for medicine and hospitalization and the family income is just right for basic needs.

• Safety and protection

We can't control every situation and there are times that we didn't expect to happen but I'm very thankful for God's protection in the year 2020. My husband travels every day from our home to his workplace. And for protecting us during the 6.6magnitude earthquake here in the Philippines. We experience to live in a tent for 2 months because we were afraid of the aftershocks. The houses have been destroyed but we are not harmed during those times. The earthquake strikes many times and we are shocked and feel anxious at that moment but we still survive because of his goodness.

• Read. cash

I'm thankful to read. cash and the creator of this platform. This is one of the blessings that I've received in 2020. I'm grateful to all the readers and subscribers of my article even though I am not a professional writer and I m still learning but you spend time to read my piece of work. Through reading.cash I can help my husband to provide for our needs and buy some snacks for my kids. I'm thankful to Kuya hari who leads me here.

• Love of my life

I'm also thankful to my husband who loves me and accepts me for who I am. Being an understanding man through the years and loving me unconditionally. Thank you.

The year 2021 has no assurance that all things will just get better every day. T here are a lot of circumstances that we may encounter in the way and a lot of problems to solve but at the end of the day we can still say " thank you".Why?Because that's what life is, full of surprises.

All I can say is we need to stand and be still to keep moving and grasp all the storms and waves of life. Whatever trials we have to face just keep in mind that we are not alone, and there's someone big enough to guide us through and keep looking from above.

Being thankful is a way of showing positivity. There's something from the word' thank you' that makes you feel enlightened and happy.

Let's celebrate God's goodness and mercy for the year 2020. He deserves all glory and honor.

So now before this year ends what are the things that you are thankful for?

Thanks for reading!