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It would not be exceptionally revelatory of me to say that high dchool was not all milk & honey, but by my junior year, I had found my personal style, established myself in the social order, and discovered a certain sense of inner peace. Thus I said to myself:
“I am in high school right now. I will be here for two more years, and then I’ll never be in high school again, so I need to enjoy every moment of it while I can.”
And so I did. I’ve never looked back with longing on those days, because I know that I appreciated what I had while I had it.
There is much in my life now that isn’t the way I’d like it to be, but I have continued to learn to be grateful for what I do have. That’s not to say that I don’t take things for granted. I do. In fact, I love taking things for granted. To take something for granted is to believe that this is the way things are, and this is the way they always will be, and that’s so comforting that it verges on anesthetic.
But things may not always be as they are now, so here and there I’ll think to myself, “I’m glad I can see.” “I’m grateful for my health.” “I am blessed with my friends.”
Should the day come when I go blind, or my health fails, or I’m alone, life may become very difficult, but knowing that I knew what I had when I had it may make that life a little easier to bear.
Friend Anthony has cancer. He also has a sense of self-awareness that makes my own look like a little log cabin made of popsicle sticks. And when he includes in his blog the Arrogants’ Don’t Die Before Your Day, from their album - I love this - You’ve Always Known When Best To Say Goodbye, I recognize a kindred sense of dark humour (and that’s just one of the reasons that I’m thankful for An-tone.)
Well, Anthony, I’ll see your morbidity, and raise you Clearlake’s Dreamt That You Died. If I had any anti-cancer, I’d give it all to you.
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