Is it cliche to say: “my family and friends”?

I am thankful for my support staff. I feel as if it is cliche to be thankful for my family friends, but quite honestly I do not know what I would be able to do without them. If I have any questions, need input on an important decision, need help when I am in a spot of trouble, or cannot seem to get myself out of a rut, my close friends and immediate family are always there to help me. Although I mentioned that it seemed cliche, and that it seems like everybody would give you this answer, there are some less fortunate people who honestly cannot give that answer. Whether they lost their family, have not made friends or stayed in touch with their friends, or feel like they do not have anybody to turn to, there are those select people who may feel alone in the world. Therefore, I do feel extremely fortunate and am so thankful to have friends and family to stand behind me, pushing me to be the best me that I can be.

Your family is “supposed” to love you because they are related to you, right? Wrong. Everybody has a choice of whom they love and who they don’t, and I am thankful that my family chose to love me and all of my flaws. How do I know they love me? It is all of the little things that add up after a while. I can hear them cheering for me when I am running in my marathons, if I am having a bad day or week one of my family members will put down everything to come comfort me, if I ever have a question regarding something they are knowledgeable about they are quick to answer, and because if they have a problem to they are comfortable enough to come to me for help.

Your friends on the other hand are the people closest to you that you know you can count on. These people are hand picked by none other than you, so be sure to pick wisely. I am glad to say I did, and that is how I came to surround myself with such loving people that are not related to me in the slightest. I am thankful that I chose my friends wisely, and although I do not agree with them all of the time, or always have the same mindset, we learned to look past our differences because of the friendship we have created. My closest friends, the ones I am the most thankful for, are the ones that have stuck by my side through thick and thin for many years. The sheer fact that they are here today proves how much we love each other, and I am thankful that some twist of fate brought us together over the course of our lives.