A Thank You to Me
February 14, 2020
I want to take the
time to say thank you
Because I don’t do
that enough.
When I was surrounded
by voices of reason and warning and caution,
You gave me the
strength to dive head first into love,
Because of you, I had
a risk-it-all, head-over-heels, travel-the-world adventure of a lifetime
with my best friend,
my first love, the man who took my heart.
And you were my anchor
holding me together when I fell apart,
When he took my heart,
hollowed me out to an empty vessel,
You filled me with
love. You sat with me in the pain and held me while I hurt.
You let me let it out.
You have been there for me through this pain I didn’t think would go away.
And yet, here it is going away and here you are to pick me back up. You are my support, praising me for the days I finally feel okay and accepting me on the days when I’m…not so okay.
And yet, here it is going away and here you are to pick me back up. You are my support, praising me for the days I finally feel okay and accepting me on the days when I’m…not so okay.
The truth is, you have
always been there. I just never noticed. During my darkest days, you pushed me
to keep going when I was close to giving up. Thank you for that. I then went on
to live the four best years of my life, studying on a beach in paradise. You
gave me that chance to learn to love
life.
When what I thought I
wanted never seemed to feel right,
you took my hand and led me away from the path so steady. And when I was left
with no direction, you told me it was okay to be lost sometimes. You fought for
me to find my drive until I found a fire I didn’t think was mine. Now I am locked in, pursuing a passion you gave me the right to
find. Thank you for that.
You got me to this
point now, standing tall in a skin I feel happy in, with a heart that beats
with so much passion and a mind filled with so many beautiful memories I
get to call mine.
Thank you for giving me the courage
to face pain, to walk toward uncertainty. For paving an opportunity to find
myself and grow into the person I want to be. For giving me the courage to choose
me through it all.
To thank you, I want
to spend this next chapter of my life prioritizing you, really getting to know
you, the ins and outs of you. I want to celebrate and take care of you,
appreciate all I have put you through and challenge you to go through more.
I am going to do a
better job of loving you, and it starts with saying thank you.
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