Embracing Life
When I deny my past,
I deny my present
and my future.
If I deny my past
and the pain
that I have endured,
I deny much of
what shaped me
and molded me
into who I am now.
If the events of my life
had gone any differently,
I may not have the resilience,
the strength,
the perspective,
the determination,
and the gifts that are born
from struggle.
If any one thing was changed,
all of it would be changed,
and my life would not be the same.
I would not be me.
When I awaken to this,
I say to life,
thank you, thank you, thank you.
I am grateful for it all.