lucky

I feel lucky today, and I am so thankful to know what that word  means. Some people take luck for granted, they make it materialistic...they make it petty. Dumb luck, luck of the draw. NO! I think that being lucky means that you are blessed. I think it means that you have something amazing that you don't share with anyone else. For me, i've always felt blessed....although this wasn't always as prevalent as it is today. There were days where I thought the world was against me, but those are the days i'm sure I had been the luckiest. I had people open doors when life has closed them on me, i've had people offer me couches, and meals and great big hugs. I've seen hell, but nothing compares to the warmth I have felt from the people in my life. To be lucky isn't to have all the coolest stuff. It isn't to hit big on the slot machines, or to win the lottery. It is to be surrounded by good people, to laugh out loud....OFTEN and WHOLE HEARTEDLY, it's to be able to swallow your pride, to start over, to recognize failure, but to see also a new success. Luckiness is being strong enough to offer your heart and your home to someone, to love even though your heart is breaking, its to have people to stay up late with, and talk about how life just isn't fair sometimes. It's being able to get down on your knees and pray, and trust that someone will be there to pick you up when you've lost your way. I am a lucky woman to know pain, to be able to share that sympathy, empathy, compassion. I am honored to take on the roll of  lover, friend, coworker, partner, daughter...I stand up tall today with all my might, and shout at the roof tops that I am the luckiest of all for the life I lead, and I thank GOD everyday for making that possible for me.