GRATITUDE 02.01.09

It has been several weeks since I’ve sat down to make a posting. I’ve had the best of intentions, but somehow seem to always get distracted, end up too tired, or any of another thousand excuses.

As I reflect over the last few weeks since my last posting, I take a break from my everyday routine to recall the many blessings that have been so abundant in my life. I don’t believe I can ever express enough gratitude for the people in my life who make my life such an enjoyable experience. Over the last few months many new friends have found their way into my life. Each friend is unique, each friend such an amazing blessing. Each friend has somehow taught me just a little bit about myself.

I’m so grateful for the amazing gift of music in my life. Since I began playing on a regular basis in church in 2006, I’ve grown so much as a musician. Playing the piano brings so much peace to my spirit, and I enjoy sharing this gift with others. Music provides for me the ability to express myself in a way that words could never do. My involvement with the Men’s Chorus has changed my life in ways I’ll never be able to express. I’m grateful that at our rehearsal last Tuesday I was elected President of this group. Considering that at that first open rehearsal in August, I was terrified to even walk in, I’d say I’ve come a long way.

I’m grateful for the relationship and friendship that Lane and I have shared. Things haven’t exactly worked out the way perhaps we had hoped, but I’m optimistic that a friendship will remain. I’ve learned so much about myself through my relationship with Lane.

I’m grateful for the changes the last year of my life have provided since Parker and I said good-bye to our relationship. We ended the relationship on 1/31/08. I would have never dreamed such a dramatic event would prove to be the catalyst to move me forward, to find my strengths and to create an absolutely amazing life, to transform myself from the person I thought I was.

Here’s my confession. My life is a work in progress. I’m blessed beyond measure by some of the greatest friends I could ever imagine. Many of these are long-established friendships, and many of them are new friendships. All of them are friendships that have somehow touched my life and moved me forward.

I’m grateful for a future, while not promised, certainly looks bright. I’m grateful for life. I’m grateful for blessings in my life which are too numerous to even count. And I’m grateful to be moving, in what seems to be the absolute best direction my life could possibly head.