I am blessed.

I was thinking today about a lot of different stuff and I came to the conclusion that I am very blessed. This is not a new conclusion, but rather one that came and "hit me" at a good time. My life is VERY busy and while I was riding my bike home from work this afternoon, I became absorbed in the world of my own thoughts. they went a little like this:



I have a solid job that allows me to learn and have fun. I have a family to go home to everynight that loves me UNCONDITIONALLY. I have amazing friends who love me and support me. I am able to move my body freely. I am currently pain free! I have oppertunities that I have not even dreamed of yet. I am a dreamer. I can be spontanious and so things on impulse. i have the ability and opportunity to ride my bike to and from work. I am able to convey emotion. I can play a three hour game of wiffle ball on a Tuesday night if I want to. I know a God, my God, who loves me more than I can even fathom loving him. I can make my dreams come true. I can get an education if I want to. I can stay up all night. I AM FREE! I can creat things. I can destroy things. I live in a country where opportunity is in abundence. I have food to eat, a place to live and clothes to wear. I can change peoples lives. Other people can change my life. I can RUN until my lungs are ready to explode. I can read. I can sit on my computer at 10:30 at night and post my thoughts on the internet for everybody to read. If I dont like something, I can change it. I can clean my room, or I can have it a mess. I can listen to music. I can love. I can lay in my yard at night and look up at the sky. I can breath. I can think for myself. I can be amazed. I AM ALIVE!


There is so much that I have that others do not. I am truly blessed. What are some of your blessings?

p.s. No picture tonight...just thoughts.
p.s.s- this is a song I heard at Mars Hill in Grand Rapids and it only seems appropriate for this post:
"I have been blessed – now I want to be a blessing
I have been loved – now I want to bring love
I’ve been invited – I want to share the invitation
I have been changed – to bring change, to bring change " -"Changed" by Aaron Nyquist