{"id":2114,"date":"2015-01-04T22:25:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T20:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joke-archives.com\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2015-01-04T22:25:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T20:25:57","slug":"i-am-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/?p=2114","title":{"rendered":"I Am Thankful For&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>For the teenager who is not doing dishes but is watching TV, because that means he is at home and not on the streets.<\/li>\n<li>For the taxes I pay, because it means that I am employed.<\/li>\n<li>For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.<\/li>\n<li>For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I have enough to eat.<\/li>\n<li>For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the sunshine.<\/li>\n<li>For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home.<\/li>\n<li>For all the complaining I hear about the government, because it means that we have freedom of speech. <\/li>\n<li>For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it means I am capable of walking, and that I have been blessed with transportation.<\/li>\n<li>For my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.<\/li>\n<li>For the lady behind me in my place of worship when she sings off key, because it means that I can hear. <\/li>\n<li>For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have clothes to wear.<\/li>\n<li>For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because it means I have been capable of working hard.<\/li>\n<li>For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means that I am alive.<\/li>\n<p>and finally&#8230;.<\/p>\n<li>For too much email, because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the teenager who is not doing dishes but is watching TV, because that means he is at home and not on the streets. For the taxes I pay, because it means that I am employed. For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have been surrounded by friends. For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1428],"class_list":["post-2114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspire","tag-thankful"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}