Words Of Thankfulness! :)

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, health, peace, and blessings. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect.

     The truth is that this week I decided to share thoughts as gentle reminders for thankfulness. I did this through Instagram posts without the use of hashtags. Even though a hashtag is helpful and can allow others to find related thoughts, I simply wanted to put a thought out there, without any mechanics, simply to be read, inspire or encourage. As I was creating this profile, I thought about who I am, what is my identity. Then I wondered about identity, the hats that we wear, or identify as. We could be students, educators, service workers, entrepreneurs, parents, but what about being human? Could we for a moment forget about the many identities that we carry, and remember our human essence? Or even with the identities we carry, remember our human essence? The intricate link that we all share is being, human. So I decided to be known as Mom, one of the identities that I carry. Someone who wants to try her best to love, nurture, without any judgement, share experience and thoughts for life.

     In this life it is a given, as with the many identities that we carry, we also carry the experiences that come in all forms. Sometimes happy, sad, pain, laughter, there are times that we will be utterly broken, and there are times where we will be utterly happy. This is life. Through all of the experiences, we will find that our emotions are intricately attached to others, or our experience with others. These could be of those who we have lost, as much as we try to keep happy, embrace and be grateful for our life, to keep on living, the voids of loss can never be filled. It is the wounds that simply find ways to cope, heal, and soothe. This is also the beauty of being human. The human soul needs time to grieve, and begin to heal through the little things that allow us to treasure those who we have lost. We never loose loved ones, and those we have lost. They are within us, in our hearts. 

     As I close my eyes and be grateful and thankful for the precious lands, our people, our nation, the ones who have served, and are serving, the families, the ones who have passed, and the ones who are with us, I take a moment to thank God. I thank God for the breath I breath, the heart that beats, and hope that on the day that I am finally laid to rest, that I have outworked every limb, and performed every duty and desire of the heart. So that this land, nation, our people, and family will feel that my body, my heart beat was worthy to live upon this Earth, our World, and our Planet. 

Happy Thanks Giving! :) 

Thank you for reading my thoughts,
​with love & kindness! :) 

Notes: These thoughts were originally hand written on 22nd November 2017.
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