
I am reminded this evening after I finish a wonderful BBQ that was shared with the very old man, my neighbor…and sit quietly contemplating in the darkening skies….I am reminded of how grateful I feel about my life.
I am grateful I was born and then abandoned to orphanage. For worse would surely have come.
I am grateful for the insincere love and lack of love…for these experiences helped to wizen my heart to those whom I now know are not to be allowed into mine.
I am thankful, that I left my house an early age, for even though I endured humility, I encountered thankfulness and the bond of human nature.
I am eternally grateful to my Foster Parents, and the organizations that assisted in giving me assistance along the way, including the wonderful, stable, loving home with my Foster family.
I am appreciative of the lessons I learned from my younger days of love…searching for my dreams of a wonderful man. For this taught me what is NOT healthy….yet gave me the desire for a true love and companionship.
I am eternally thankful that God allowed me to spare my life that one moment of dire distress…for he then opened up the world for me to new and wonderful opportunities.
That one, powerful experience, sent me on a journey of the unknown…the un-forseen…and definitely, the unprecedented.
My life?
Changed forever.
And now….as I sit (no…not wealthy or living high)…enjoying the cries of the peacocks and the children still playing basketball nearby?
I am at peace. For I have been given so much in life…that if I should die tonight. I will have no regrets.
Basically? I am grateful for everything. The good…the bad. The wise, the sad.
It is all good in the end. For it makes us who we are. And what a blessing to just be.
I am very thankful.
dana hee
(posted on Facebook, April 2, 2011)