Day 12: YOU

Day 12, Wednesday June 26, 2012

Today I am thankful for YOU.

I am truly grateful for every single person that has come in and out of my life.  This week in particular I felt an overwhelming sense of simultaneous peace and excitement about the people I am surrounded by.  Without saying, this includes near and far.  I catch myself saying, “I’m so lucky.”  Immediately though, I start to back-pedal. Am I lucky?  Did I create this?  Is it a combination of opportunity and luck? Was I a martyr in a past life? I regularly reflect about the amazing people in my life.

 

 Without doubt, I am surrounded by really great souls. 

I could sit here and highlight the leading roles in the story of my life for hours; for there have been heroes and sheroes, villains and passer-bys, teachers and coaches.  People who came for a season and are still sticking around, and the ones that are here for life.  There have been both saboteurs and magicians, comedians and the real effin drags.

I just wrote-and-erased that I was going to highlight five people.  As I started listing it became awkward and difficult; like when I made my wedding invite list.  Highlighting people seems unfair in such a blog-post.  Let’s put it this way. 

Thank you.

Whether you are part of my immediate, hands-on, I see you sometimes - life or not, you are part of my story.  And the capacity in which people touch my (and your) life is in constant flux.  We never know when a simple smile can lead to long-lasting friendship or when an intimate conversation lends a lesson via someone you will never see again.  

Life IS what you are for your fellow human being.  And for a minute here, it feels really wonderful to celebrate what everyone has been for me rather than become absorbed into my own egotistical “what am I to them?” state of mind; that's exhausting. 

So thank you to YOU, for your acceptance, your support, your camaraderie, and inspiration.  For listening, advising, for teaching me; for offering your homes during visits or moves (4 suitcases and bike in tote … or in some cases 20 boxes), for sharing your time.  For encouraging me to get on with my damn book (insert image of Diane with great idea but full-fledged writer’s block here), for exposing me to new ways of life, and for allowing me to feel like part of the family, for sharing your proud moments and celebrating mine.  For connecting with me and for allowing me to connect with you, for bouts of gut-wrenching laughter, and for bouts of gut-wrenching tears, for sending me that spontaneous shout out, for your honesty and compassion, for not judging me and not judging others.  For helping me up when I’m down and for leading me onward when I am up, for being the wind in my sails.

Namaste (I see you),

Di.