Thankful, I Am

Swells, the rising, the falling, and the rising back up again. The changing of seasons, aka the mountains and the valleys, without which we could never truly appreciate what we have, nor be pressed to strive for what we don't have. Family, blood and sometimes more importantly the one's we get to choose...each leaves their footprints in my heart...every one different in their own way leaving their own mark...sometimes it's a long walk, and sometimes it's a short one and sometimes the gait changes entirely. Forgiveness, to release us from carrying burdens with us in whatever form or way they come, enabling us the choice to be truly free. Caring, whether it comes in the physical of a warm embrace, or a need being met, or it comes in the intangible of just being available, or knowing what to say or when to be silent and listen. Free will, the ability to choose our path...sometimes it is all to often forgotten that we ourselves hold the power to change ourselves and the world around us. Our insides...mind, will, and emotions which can be very misleading and tumultuous at times yet without, we would never experience anything real or be able to grasp the lessons we so desperately need to learn. Love, the glue that holds my broken pieces together turning it into a beautiful work of art. Thankful, I am.