Not So Pointless

Hello fellow bloggers! (Or people who just like to read.) I am feeling lots of feelings at the moment. It's mostly because I was able to relax in the sun on the beautiful day that was... well I guess yesterday and I was able to think of all of the things that I am extremely blessed with. And while I was scorching the crapola out of my back, I made a mental list of all of the things that I'm thankful for. However, I do realize the importance of writing things down, so here goes.

I, Elizabeth Nicole Dunn, am thankful for:

Being enrolled in a church-affiliated university

Having a healthy, fully functional body with 5 wonderful senses (and a 6th... I'm bulimic. I can read people's minds.)(If you didn't get that reference, I'm not really bulimic. I was just quoting Zoolander.)

Having a sense of humor. I do not know where I would be in life and how I would even begin to be myself without my sense of humor. And I don't know how I'd have friends either. Just sayin'.

A father who really builds me up, and reminds me of who I am. I'm also thankful for the fact that as long as I am making good decisions, he will back my choices and encourage me when I feel like the world is doing the exact opposite. I'm so thankful for a father who won't let me settle for anything less than I deserve, who expects the best for me and of me, and hasn't budged in that since the day I was born. I love you Dad!

A mother who I can call my best friend. I'm so thankful to her for understanding my logic, for letting me know that there is at least a little bit of good in me (hehe), and expresses concerns and voices her opinions, even if I don't want to hear them. Because you know what? Mother always knows best.

A car that gets me from A to B, and then all the way to Z! My car is my source of freedom, and I am so thankful that I have a mode of transportation so that I can find a place to get a job and provide for myself.

The rain. I love the sound of the rain when I'm trying to sleep, or when I'm trying to relax. I love playing in the rain, and watching the rain fall from the sky.

The sun. I love the sun even more than the rain because it really does lift my mood. No matter if I'm having a blah day, or if I'm just happy as a lark, it can always make me feel better. And it makes my skin change colors, and that's kinda cool. :)

I'm so thankful to have cousins at college with me. It gives me the sense of home I was missing when I was up here before, and I love that I can find it just an apartment complex or two away. For a cousin who is so willing to defend and protect me, and another who offers words of encouragement and so much silliness!

I am so thankful for the people that I have been blessed to come in contact with this semester thus far. I can honestly say that there have been very few who have been detrimental to me. But for the most part, I have met genuine, wonderful people that I consider myself lucky to be in the presence of! And an even smaller number I consider myself close with.

I am so thankful to know that my Heavenly Father is watching over me, and that He is mindful of the things that have been going on in my life, and is guiding my path so that I can end up in the place He needs me to be. More than any other time in my life, I am seeing His hand in EVERYTHING that I do. I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father who answers my prayers in ways that He knows will be most effective and meaningful to me. It reaffirms my knowledge that He does indeed know me by name, and that He knows all of us by name and that we are all deeply loved by Him. It puts my heart at peace, knowing that I can work for something, but He calls the shots because He knows what is best for me WAY better than I will ever know for myself.

I am thankful for so many other things, but lastly, I am thankful for sleep. I write this at 12:30 at night with droopy eyes, but I strongly felt that I needed to not only recognize the things that I am thankful for, but to vocalize them. (Or record them, whichever way you look at it.) And I totally could have written it in my journal, but I kinda want the world to know. :)

I apologize if you were looking for something humorous and/or stupid to read, and got this instead. But you have to know, dear reader, that Liz Dunn has more sides than just humor. And sometimes being sentimental makes me feel awkward, but also sometimes, it's necessary. Goodnight world. :)