Always Thinking About Thankfulness!

I’m sitting here in one of my favorite spots, Washington Square Park.(on my fix, of course) At first I thought about not writing my blog today for I didn’t have anything to write about. Then I realized that I always have something to write about. My life! God has blessed me to see another holiday! Here it is, Memorial Day Weekend, unofficially the start of summer and I’m blessed to experience this. I’ve learned to really appreciate life now. For the past few days I’ve had something gnawing at the back of my mind. I didn’t have any idea what it was. It revealed itself to me in the most innocuous way. While helping my friend Leo paint a fence, I did something that I’ve done many times before, that is, mistakenly paint over some black ants. But the way I felt afterwards was a turning point for me! I actually felt bad that I was the cause of ending those ants lives! To the point of shedding a tear! Wow! Call it what you will, that’s how I felt. My respect for life, any life, has been altered. My diagnosis has made me respect life more! Everything with life has a right to live that life! Peace and blessings!