As Thanksgiving is approaching, Hastings residents are beginning to realize what they are grateful for and why.
Thanksgiving is on November 25 this year. Thanksgiving entails giving thanks and making a sacrifice in exchange for the bounties of the harvest and other blessings received during the previous year. It’s a day when folks get to sit down with their families and friends and express their gratitude.
Every person has a unique list of things for which they are grateful. Answers to the question “What are you thankful for?” range from those that everyone hears every year to those that no one hears at all.
“The one main thing that I’m most thankful for is my girlfriend,” senior Jayden Coplen said.
Something that the majority of people who celebrate Thanksgiving are grateful for is another individual. Most people are influenced by someone in some way, whether it is a big or minor way, and they may change their lives.
“I’m thankful that someone taught me that not everything is okay all the time, but it isn’t meant to be,” freshman Mckenzie Kinzer said.
People start to think about the first thing they’re thankful for as the fall season approaches and the holidays approach, and why that is, and why this comes first to mind when they’ve had millions of pleasant memories to be thankful for.
“My mom, dad, nieces, nephews, grandpa, grandma, and my sisters,” sophomore Eric Martinez said.
People prefer to think about who did something or what they did and how it influenced them in the long term when considering what they are thankful for. People are influenced by events that cause them to reflect on a certain experience that transformed their lives for the better.
“I’m most thankful for my mom, she has done so much for me in my life and I’m extremely thankful for her. She also makes bomb banana pudding,” junior Crystal Miller said.
As the year draws to a close and Thanksgiving approaches, all of the students and staff members consider who or what they are grateful for, no matter how big or small. They recall memories that didn’t occur to them on a daily basis but do now.
“My grandmother taught me to be happy about the small things,” Kinzer said.
