What A Great Day To Be ALIVE

Well, I am grateful today, and for that matter, everyday. Today is my Birth Day and I feel compelled to write a small blip on how GRATEFUL I am to be ALIVE. 

Today at 02:00 1983, I was born into this world. My beautiful mother, Donna and my intelligent father, Joe, were happy to have their first child. I was the only child for that fact that was ever conceived by these two wonderful souls. Philly is were I resided until my parents decided that a small town with lots of trees and less pollution, was a more suitable location to grow up. NJ is were they would move and that is were I have been since I was about 3 years old!

I had a great childhood, and since I am a pretty honest person, not always the best environment. That doesn't bother me much now, for I am an adult now and an insanely self analying individual who understands that my past has built my character. I wouldn't trade a thing that I went through to become the awesome person I am today! I am thankful for every lesson that God has shown me, and with my own strength, I have made decisions to lead the life I wish to live. 

The life I have chosen was my choice, and with the grace and guidance from God, he/she/it (whatever you may call), has always allowed the light to shine on my path. Has it been easy to make the best decisions, OF COURSE NOT, what ever is? The important thing is that I stay on my journey. My journey will lead always lead me to the all knowing/the force/the truth/God, or the light. 

With this being said,  EVERY DAY I AM ALIVE, I choose to be grateful. Grateful for life, breath, family, friends, animals, a job, the earth, food, money, the sun, for God/the vortex/the divine source. Today, especially right now at this very moment, I am happy to exist! I feel humbled and joyed by the very fact that I am ALIVE. 

May all of you find the joy and peace that I am sitting with right now. May you ALWAYS be grateful, even when you are in a struggle. May you always look forward to a pleasant feeling, even in a moment of discomfort. May you hug, or love the one who sits next to you, even if that person has brought you pain. Find the love and strength to persevere through any hardship, and look up to the sky and say "THANK YOU!" If you don't want to look to the sky, then look inside yourself and say "THANK YOU."