Tuesday, June 25, 2013

TFTD


Reasons for gratitude are easy to find. If we're breathing, we can think of people hooked up to oxygen tanks. If our skin is smooth, we can remember people suffering in burn units. If we ran into a store for a minute to buy a gallon of milk today, we can remember the long lines people in other cultures endure for the same errand.  And we exist! That alone is miraculous. We have survived a chronic, often fatal disease. For many of us, life is better than before, because we've found a new appreciation for life, a new depth and peace, a new calmness. And we can continue to grow in each beautiful day that is given to us. 

5 comments:

Jude said...

Oh yes! It's good to be alive and well after years of feeling sorry for me.

Valerie said...

I'm glad to be alive, Mel. I nearly wasn't ... once!

Bill said...

Being alive, so wonderful. I am so very grateful in more ways than I can count
Bill

Ron said...

"And we exist! That alone is miraculous."

AMEN!

"If our skin is smooth, we can remember people suffering in burn units."

I remember attending a burn conference in Baltimore many years ago, in which several burn survivors stood up and shared their stories.

OMG...was that ever a humbling experience! I still think of that whenever I get a blemish on my face and stop myself from fretting over it.

GREAT reminder, Mel!!

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Diane | An Extraordinary Day said...

Amen!!!