I Am Thankful~

I am thankful for those who love me.

Have you ever wondered how many people, in your lifetime, truly love you? I am sure it's many, from the beginning of your life to the very end. If you were fortunate enough to be born in the United States than most likely you were born in a hospital. At that hospital there were many people, from the doctors and nurses, to the engineering staff, who loved enough in their own lives so that at that moment in time when you were born, the world was ready for your arrival. Think of how many people were present for your birth that day...

The universe functioned as it should on the day, or night, on which you were born, and you had safe passage through... entering this world through the loving-kindness of others.

Think for a moment of all those who have traveled far and wide, praying for a safe journey and passage. History is full of those who came from one world and traveled to the next, the Vikings, the Pilgrims, the slaves. Not all passages are joyous ones.

All of us at some point in our lives will be traveling from one world to the next and seek safe passage. We need a safe place to lay our heads at night and rest from the day's journeys, only to conitnue on the morrow our path. In our lives we will encounter many people, those who are with us now might not necessarily be there at the end. Just as those from the hospital where we were born are not with us now. Yet they provided us safe passage and assisted us on our journey, in part, to where we are today, at this very moment. I am thankful for their love.

I am thankful for all who have loved me in this life, who have provided me safe passage through. I am thankful for all who will continue to love me in a world without end...

There is no beginning, there is no end, there is only a world without end... sail with the wind.

Ephesians 3:21

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