My parents taught me to pray and to be thankful for everything in my life. When I was young, I was thankful for my family and for ice cream and my dog. Over the years, I've read many articles that tell me to be thankful. More recently, I've take to heart the need to be thankful for the good and the bad. It is in retrospect, that we can see that things that we didn't plan; things that felt terrible or unwanted at one time, are really many of the ways we were blessed. Through people in our lives, lessons learned, people who left our lives to create space for healthier relationships, health challenges that brought us closer to family, friends and that deepened our relationship with God, we grew. We started to morph into stronger, wiser, more humble people. We became more empathetic to others and less concerned with ourselves and more open to helping others undergoing hard times.
I'm thankful today, for the good and the bad in my life. I am grateful for the rich tapestry that is our life, one with threads that are thick, thin, black and streaked with silver and gold. I am determined to spend the rest of my time on earth being grateful for each day and blessing the good and the bad and looking for the rainbow to clear the stormy skies. I believe in God's promise to be with us through it all. Since I am a child of God, since He loves me, I know that I can be grateful, because everything that happens is ultimately for my good and the highest good of those around me.
Thank you God for every good thing. For every person you send into my life. Thank you for my life lessons and for providing for me throughout my life. Thank you for loving me, for dying for me, for creating me and all those I am privileged to love.
Amen.
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