I Will Be Grateful

I will be grateful for the unceasing rain.
{because it means there will be green grass and flowers soon}.

I will be grateful for the cold, biting wind that makes my hands numb
{because it means I have the sense of feeling}.

I will be grateful for the fact that I miss home terribly
{because it means I have incredbly wonderful parents}.

I will be grateful for the three tests that I have this week
{because it means I have a brain that can think logically}.

I will be grateful for the pain, the pleasure,
the failures, the successes.

No matter what -- no matter the circumstances or the outcomes,

Volume 25