Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Grateful For Life
On July 22, should I be allowed the privilege of continuing this earthly sojourn, I will be celebrating my 51st anniversary of my Birth Date, giving thanks for this wonderful experience called LIFE.
LIFE to me is everything. Nothing exists without it, and so for every laughter, every smile, every moment of sorrow, every moment of pain, for every experience that my LIFE entails; I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL FOR LIFE!
I hold steadfast to the opinion that all LIFE is created and sustained by the magnificence of the Universe, and that the Creator designed it to be this way. I am extremely appreciative of this earthly existence; knowing that my mom was advised to abort this former embryo due to the difficulties she confronted during her pregnancy makes it more so. Therefore I shall forever be indebted to her for her courage and strength. Equipped with the understanding that LIFE is as frail as it is precious I am indeed more joyful to BE— as I am to be alive.
On Wednesday July 22, 1959 amidst all the challenges she had to battle, my mother gave birth to this boy child whom she chose to name Washington Abraham Stevens. Washington and Abraham after the two noted American Presidents; Stevens the Family name, sir name, last name, whichever one is more suited to your likeness or your culture.
At this juncture of my life; having scaled a few great walls, navigated a few minefields, battled a number of monsters, slain a couple dragons and wearing the proven scars – metaphorically speaking of course. I have indeed garnered a much more profound and concrete adoration for this mystic reality called LIFE; and so, empowered with the understanding that had it not been for those saviors, those worthy knights, those agitators, those hero's, men and women of valor who chose death over subjugation during one of the most horrific, barbarous, and inhumane period of this world's so-called civilized era of man's existence on the planet earth; the faith and grace that communed this LIFE into existence would not have been.
So to celebrate my 51st anniversary I intend to celebrate the life of my ancestors; those who kept their eyes upon the prize and challenged the powers, the principalities of their time and made it possible that the atoms of the universe could come together and formulate this LIFE into being. To them I wish to pay honor, tribute, for their sacrifice which made this LIFE possible. To the Creator of the Universe and it's sustaining elements I wish to pay the greatest honor possible which only He/She can merit, and hope that with all the errors that this LIFE'S experience has sustained; that He/She; may find it cool to accept my humble gesture of gratitude
Grateful For Life (the lyrics)
The Secret Life of Bees
LIFE to me is everything. Nothing exists without it, and so for every laughter, every smile, every moment of sorrow, every moment of pain, for every experience that my LIFE entails; I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL FOR LIFE!
I hold steadfast to the opinion that all LIFE is created and sustained by the magnificence of the Universe, and that the Creator designed it to be this way. I am extremely appreciative of this earthly existence; knowing that my mom was advised to abort this former embryo due to the difficulties she confronted during her pregnancy makes it more so. Therefore I shall forever be indebted to her for her courage and strength. Equipped with the understanding that LIFE is as frail as it is precious I am indeed more joyful to BE— as I am to be alive.
On Wednesday July 22, 1959 amidst all the challenges she had to battle, my mother gave birth to this boy child whom she chose to name Washington Abraham Stevens. Washington and Abraham after the two noted American Presidents; Stevens the Family name, sir name, last name, whichever one is more suited to your likeness or your culture.
At this juncture of my life; having scaled a few great walls, navigated a few minefields, battled a number of monsters, slain a couple dragons and wearing the proven scars – metaphorically speaking of course. I have indeed garnered a much more profound and concrete adoration for this mystic reality called LIFE; and so, empowered with the understanding that had it not been for those saviors, those worthy knights, those agitators, those hero's, men and women of valor who chose death over subjugation during one of the most horrific, barbarous, and inhumane period of this world's so-called civilized era of man's existence on the planet earth; the faith and grace that communed this LIFE into existence would not have been.
So to celebrate my 51st anniversary I intend to celebrate the life of my ancestors; those who kept their eyes upon the prize and challenged the powers, the principalities of their time and made it possible that the atoms of the universe could come together and formulate this LIFE into being. To them I wish to pay honor, tribute, for their sacrifice which made this LIFE possible. To the Creator of the Universe and it's sustaining elements I wish to pay the greatest honor possible which only He/She can merit, and hope that with all the errors that this LIFE'S experience has sustained; that He/She; may find it cool to accept my humble gesture of gratitude
Grateful For Life (the lyrics)
The Secret Life of Bees
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