Thanksgiving 2008
Posted 11-26-2008 at 08:07 AM by By~Tor
[SIZE=5]So, Thanksgiving 2008 is upon us, and what better a time for me to reflect on all the things I really have to be thankful FOR..... especially, after my recent near-death experience . . . . . . [/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Yeah, I hate to refer to it as a "Near-Death Experience" because that sounds so droll and overused, but there's no other way to put it.... I almost died. And, were it not for the insistence of my dearly beloved girlfriend, I would have certainly bought the farm from the massive exploded aneurysm in m' noggin....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]So, I HAVE to look at this thanksgiving as a blessed event for me. . . . it coincides with my son Dylan's birthday this year (Happy Birthday, Son!!!) , and I am alive enough to send him those thoughts and prayers for happiness. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Even when I look at all the things that have been screwed up in my life over the last 41 years, I suppose I wouldn't change a thing, because if life had taken even the briefest detour from the path it took, I might not be here to even speak of it anymore. . . . . so, the heartache of divorces and breakups, the IRS troubles, the death of my father, the near-death of my mother and the impending death of my brother-in-law. . . . . . . the fights with people I've once called my friends and/or lovers and/or wives. . . . . . the bankruptcy. . . . . each and every one of these events were part of God's plan for me in some way, even if I didn't see it at the time... and thus, I wouldn't change one iota of it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Even now, I continue to run into and find long-lost friends from my past and am finding new ways to touch peoples' lives, hopefully, in a positive way.... it is almost as if life is coming full-circle, and I'm getting an opportunity to not only catch up with some good people from my younger years, but also to touch base with and maybe even help influence them, now that we're all 40 and balding, fat, and divorced..... who knows why it's happening now, at this point in life?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Who am I kidding. . . . . I know why. . . . . it's because we were put together once as friends for a reason, and whether that reason was to get through those days in one piece, or to get through THESE days NOW in one piece, the science is still sound.... our lives met up along the pathway, because we were MEANT to walk a few steps of the trail together..... to help each other when we stumble. . . . . to offer guidance and levity when the crap gets too thick in front of our goggles. . . . . in short, we were put in each others' lives to love and help each other through life....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Yet again, I think this is God, in action, not making things happen, but "allowing" things to happen which force us to think about ourselves, our lives and our futures.... from what I know, God's pretty big on this "free will" thing, and so he likes to put forks in our roads so we can entertain him through our choices made at each one.... and at each point, we grow, whether we know it or not.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]So, this Thanksgiving, I have more to be thankful for than even I can recount... my girlfriend, kids and family & friends are only one small part of the equation, since every breath I have ever been allowed to take in on this earth has been a blessing... so, I give thanks this year for life, love, family & friends, and for each and every event I've ever lived through, no matter how minor or negative it may have seemed at the time... I give thanks for people who care for me as well as for the people who hate me and challenge me to remember my Christian upbringing in our every interaction.... I am thankful for the doctors who saved my life as well as the giant corporations who made the equipment they used to do it.... I'm thankful for big oil, the Big Three, and the Big "O".... I'm thankful for people who argue with me on meaningless topics of the day, as well as those who may have taken something I said and improved their own lives with it....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]I'm thankful for cancer and the fight to kill it once and for all.... I'm thankful for epilepsy, since it helped me learn to be more responsible with my daughter at a time when she needed me to be..... I'm thankful for the ex-wives who left me and the (hopefully) future wife who might just stay.... I'm thankful for each and every foul-up I've ever made, since I grew from them and learned from them...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5].....all in all, I'm just thankful to still be here to continue this journey a few more steps with you, my friends.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]And, as Jerry Springer always says:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]"....Be good to yourselves, and each other....."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5][/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]I can't think of anything to say, more wise than that...........[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5][/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Selah....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Yeah, I hate to refer to it as a "Near-Death Experience" because that sounds so droll and overused, but there's no other way to put it.... I almost died. And, were it not for the insistence of my dearly beloved girlfriend, I would have certainly bought the farm from the massive exploded aneurysm in m' noggin....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]So, I HAVE to look at this thanksgiving as a blessed event for me. . . . it coincides with my son Dylan's birthday this year (Happy Birthday, Son!!!) , and I am alive enough to send him those thoughts and prayers for happiness. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Even when I look at all the things that have been screwed up in my life over the last 41 years, I suppose I wouldn't change a thing, because if life had taken even the briefest detour from the path it took, I might not be here to even speak of it anymore. . . . . so, the heartache of divorces and breakups, the IRS troubles, the death of my father, the near-death of my mother and the impending death of my brother-in-law. . . . . . . the fights with people I've once called my friends and/or lovers and/or wives. . . . . . the bankruptcy. . . . . each and every one of these events were part of God's plan for me in some way, even if I didn't see it at the time... and thus, I wouldn't change one iota of it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Even now, I continue to run into and find long-lost friends from my past and am finding new ways to touch peoples' lives, hopefully, in a positive way.... it is almost as if life is coming full-circle, and I'm getting an opportunity to not only catch up with some good people from my younger years, but also to touch base with and maybe even help influence them, now that we're all 40 and balding, fat, and divorced..... who knows why it's happening now, at this point in life?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Who am I kidding. . . . . I know why. . . . . it's because we were put together once as friends for a reason, and whether that reason was to get through those days in one piece, or to get through THESE days NOW in one piece, the science is still sound.... our lives met up along the pathway, because we were MEANT to walk a few steps of the trail together..... to help each other when we stumble. . . . . to offer guidance and levity when the crap gets too thick in front of our goggles. . . . . in short, we were put in each others' lives to love and help each other through life....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Yet again, I think this is God, in action, not making things happen, but "allowing" things to happen which force us to think about ourselves, our lives and our futures.... from what I know, God's pretty big on this "free will" thing, and so he likes to put forks in our roads so we can entertain him through our choices made at each one.... and at each point, we grow, whether we know it or not.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]So, this Thanksgiving, I have more to be thankful for than even I can recount... my girlfriend, kids and family & friends are only one small part of the equation, since every breath I have ever been allowed to take in on this earth has been a blessing... so, I give thanks this year for life, love, family & friends, and for each and every event I've ever lived through, no matter how minor or negative it may have seemed at the time... I give thanks for people who care for me as well as for the people who hate me and challenge me to remember my Christian upbringing in our every interaction.... I am thankful for the doctors who saved my life as well as the giant corporations who made the equipment they used to do it.... I'm thankful for big oil, the Big Three, and the Big "O".... I'm thankful for people who argue with me on meaningless topics of the day, as well as those who may have taken something I said and improved their own lives with it....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]I'm thankful for cancer and the fight to kill it once and for all.... I'm thankful for epilepsy, since it helped me learn to be more responsible with my daughter at a time when she needed me to be..... I'm thankful for the ex-wives who left me and the (hopefully) future wife who might just stay.... I'm thankful for each and every foul-up I've ever made, since I grew from them and learned from them...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5].....all in all, I'm just thankful to still be here to continue this journey a few more steps with you, my friends.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]And, as Jerry Springer always says:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]"....Be good to yourselves, and each other....."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5][/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]I can't think of anything to say, more wise than that...........[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5][/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Selah....[/SIZE]
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