How Lucky Are We...

 

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How lucky are we that we...

We are lucky enough to have loved enough to grieve those we miss. We are lucky enough to know what good times look like. We are lucky enough to be able to find something good about every day. We are lucky enough to simply be here to greet another day.

To have the privilege to have loved, and been loved, is an incredible gift that too many never get to experience. Yes, grief is painful, but not nearly as sad as to never have known them, or loved them at all. 

For those who are freshly in the midst of it, getting through is all you can do. Trust that in time, though it never goes away, it eventually leaves room for more than pain. It eventually releases you enough to smile... for real. Not the smile you show to those you don't wish to worry, but a true, a real, soulfelt, smile. 

If you are struggling through a rough patch, if things are tight... just imagine what it would be like to never know anything else. If you have lived a life that has blessed you with contrast, be grateful to be able to know the difference. Too many have known only... this.

If you are simply feeling blue, try to greet each day like as the gift it is. So many are fighting with all they have, suffering all kinds of horrible treatments, hoping for as many sunrises as they can possibly get. It seems a shame not to appreciate each of them, imperative to not take them for granted.  

So, if you can, crank the tunes, and throw yourself a dance party! Let's throw it for those we want to honour by living our lives to the fullest. Let's throw it to pull ourselves out of the grips of struggle. Let's throw it to celebrate another sunrise. 

How lucky are we?

It is truly a cosmic miracle that any of us are even born, let alone be given the privilege of waking each day. 

Let's not waste a minute.

Love wildly. Live broadly. Hug with your whole heart. Dance like gravity has failed. Laugh until your belly hurts. Sing from the depths of your soul. 

We can't have been put on this earth to simply, merely exist. What a waste that would be.

Accept. Embrace. Be kind. Don't hold back.