Today I am thankful for all of the people whose shoulders we now stand on. Some for the better, some for the worse, but all of them bring us to the world we now know. A world divided: a perfect juxtaposition between all things good and all things terrible.
A few years ago I was talking with a good friend of mine about my parents' divorce. We talked about the ways in which the divorce made me who I am, about all of the negative and the positive. Yes, even in this terrible event that happened in my life, there is positive. At the end of the conversation, he asked me if I could go back and live my life without the divorce if I would. I answered that I couldn't, because the divorce set my life into the path which it took, and without the divorce; without that path, I would not be me.
If we looked back and took the good, and not the bad we would not be us. The world is not what it should be. Evil should not be allowed to prevail, and it is tragic that it does. However, the world we live in is beautiful. People are evil, but people love. People are ugly, but people are beautiful. Our past is terrible, but our past is good.
Today I am thankful for EVERYTHING that has brought me to where I am. The falls and the triumphs. I encourage you to think harder this year on this day of thanks. Think deeper this year, and consider what you take for granted; or even deeper, think of the things that you have looked upon with a bad taste in your mouth, and ask yourself if you can find a way to be thankful for those moments.
Today I am thankful for YOU.
Love and blessings.
-Ben
Thankful for you!
ReplyDeleteWowsers, that was really good - thanks!
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