A thank you letter from a year ago...

Dear all:

I am writing this letter during a moment of clarity and realization. There are no recent or imminent events, that have triggered a unique reflection or a varied interpretation of my being. The emotion of gratitude has been present within for as long as I can remember, this is my realization. I now also know what I am grateful for, this is my clarity.

Thank you, for allowing me this privileged life. Whether I have just turned it's first corner, or if it doesn't grant me the time to complete this very thought.

I have seen exquisite beauty, triumphed over hardships, and have always felt protected, kept. I have been fortunate to have loved many, many people, of them some have even loved me back. Thank you for availing great mentors to me, and honoring me with others who found one in me.

To those around me, I believe I have brought more happiness, than pain. I have tried to make people smile, as often as I could, and I thank you for those moments when I did, my most significant accomplishments.

Thank you for providing the arms that have often held me, and astonishing me with others showing desire for my embrace, this has brought me both confidence and sanctuary. If I have possibly succeeded to seldom disappoint those around me, I am grateful. To express this gratitude, I strive to affect others in ways which are as positive and as strong as others have affected me.

This will be forever true: As I thank you on this day, I have known true happiness, yet have never known real pain.

Forever in your debt,
Me

**This letter was mostly written while driving 80mph across a highway bridge. At the other side of the bridge, the highway ended at a stop-light. As I approached the left turn lane, the light turned yellow; I put the pen between my teeth, the paper down, and skidded through the turn to make the light.