I am grateful for the rain, the storms, the snow, the pain, the hurt,
the darkness.
I am grateful for the ridicule, the disapproval, the contempt, the shunning.
I am grateful for the neglect, the abuse, the beatings, the molestation, the abandonment.
I am grateful for the sense of inferiority, immaturity, inadequacy, imperfection.
I am grateful for the illness, the disease, the destruction, the death, the despair.
I am grateful for the want, the need, the envy, the selfishness, the lust, the jealousy.
I am grateful for the ugliness, the obesity, the awkwardness, the clumsiness, the
deformities.
I am grateful for the stupidity, the ignorance, the slowness, the illiteracy, the lack of
education, the inability to learn.
I am grateful for the rejection, the betrayal, the shame, the failure, the humiliation.
I am grateful for the anger, the hatred, the resentment, the terror, the fear, the
cowardice. I am grateful for all these dark things and all the dark things
spawned by these dark things.
I am grateful for all the ice-hard shadows whose ragged, savage edges have ripped my
soul open to Thy Light. |