GRATITUDE DELAYED 08.23.10

GRATITUDE DELAYED 08.23.10

I’ve been remiss lately in updating my blog. I’m trying to do a better job. Tonight, I pause to reflect on my gratitude from last week. I have so very many blessings in my life. I’ve said it before, and I’ll no doubt say it again, the greatest blessings in my life are not “things”. The greatest blessings in my life are people…and the gifts they bring into my life.

As I look back, I’m so grateful for that day a little over two years ago when I summoned up the courage to walk into my first Men’s Chorus rehearsal. So very many of the blessings in my life are related in one way or another to my affiliation with this amazing organization. Three years ago I would have never dreamed of having so many friends in my life, I would have never dreamed that my life would be turned so completely different. When I can walk into an establishment and know a vast majority of the people, that’s a feeling to which I’m still getting accustomed.

I’m so very grateful for my musical abilities. I’m grateful for those who are such an encouragement to me and for the opportunities I have to share my gifts. Living my dream is just an amazing blessing.

Here’s my confession: The last several months of my life have been an amazing experience of trust and faith. I’ve gone from being unemployed to finding what promises to be a good job. I’ve gone from meeting someone I thought I was falling deeply in love with to losing that relationship as quickly as it came into my life. I’ve gone from having some friends in my life who were so very special to me that have fallen away. It’s been an absolute roller coaster ride, but through it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly…I am blessed…and that is one thing I know for absolute certain!