For USA readers, yesterday was Thanksgiving – I spent the day with family, being thankful for so much. For the international readers, I hope you joined in yesterday, or perhaps will join me in some thankfulness today.
Front and center on my list of things to be thankful for are: health, family, and community. Health makes the whole thing possible; family–immediate and extended–gives me the daily dose of what love really means, as well as the strength to live a full life; and community–my friends, my amazing staff, co-collaborators, and you–make it all so exciting, rich, and inspirational beyond my wildest dreams. All these things are wonderful and worthwhile things to celebrate.
Within the always-humbling, sometimes-overwhelming presence that this community has in my life, I draw an immeasurable amount of inspiration and motivation. It’s continually shocking for those times when I receive your thanks or kind words, because in my head, our roles are reversed – I feel like the one who clearly derives the most benefit from your participation in this constantly growing community. Words here cannot extend a big enough thanks to you.
Let me take a moment to thank a small handful of friends, collaborators, organizations that have for some reason or another recently made an (another?) impression on me. This is not an exhaustive list, but rather a short one that is present for me at the moment. They are all, in some unexpected ways, not to be missed:
NON PROFIT ORGS
4Culture.org
Blue Earth Alliance
Help-Portrait
MUSIC
Head Like A Kite
Victor Shade
Say Hi
Fences
Shabazz Palaces
GOOD PEOPLE
The Superformula
Ace Hotel
Vince Klimek.
Matt’s In The Market.
Foodista
Small-Lot Wines
Mike Horn
Build LLC
Theo Chocolate
Lastly. If you feel inclined to, please share in the comments section below something you’re thankful for. Anything sincere–and this is not just for the USA folks. It might be a USA holiday, but gratitude is worldwide. I’ll select a handful of comments and send you a signed book or something else to show my thanks for your sharing.
Oh, and I always love this reminder: “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward Have a great weekend.
I am thankful that my family,and I, survived the earthquake in Haiti. I am thankful that I can still pursue my dreams.
i am thankfull for skateboarding, cameras softboxes and death lenses 🙂 xx
I am thankful for:
being able to see.
being able to listen.
music.
my parents for supporting me in all of my random adventures.
my girlfriend for sticking with me, even at a distance, during all of my random adventures.
good beer.
puppies!
short stories.
refrigerators…without them leftovers would be unpopular.
dry wood…without it my household would be pretty darn cold.
fresh pow pow in Tahoe before Thanksgiving!
and
Oxygen and H20, big helps in survival.
– Nick
I can not be thankful for my sons and daughters, because I do not have, but I am thankful for the strength and decision to become a foster father. From that moment
Sorry,
I can not be thankful for my sons and daughters, because I do not have, but I am thankful for the strength and decision to become a foster father. From the moment I knew my foster kids, I am thankful for the choice of support them during this first period of their lives, because over their hands rest the future. I try to capture with my camera their childhood, hope to be a nice document of our living together and their existence.
I am also thankful for having the capacity of want to learn everyday and try to embrace all the things I learn from life.
I am thankful for my family. My brother and his family are relocating from New York to Papua New Guinea in February, so this is their last holiday here in the states. It was good to all be together, whether it was cooking, eating, just talking, or playing the Wii it was fun to just all be together.
I am thankful for inspirations from those around me that are encouraging me to dream big, including you, Chase, who got me started because of your keynote speech at the PDN Expo. I have already learned more than I could ever imagine and captured pictures I never knew were possible because I am totally embracing the art of social media.
Thank you!