thankful to be alive

i am so thankful to be alive....

persistent friend,
insistent enemy,
from whom no secret is hid
(and none need to be),
out of the thoughts and feelings which whirl within,
i grope for language to carry to you
my secrets and all the wonders
that seize my heart.
praise be to you
for holding me in the womb of mystery
through all the eons of creation until now
and raising me to life
in this time and place.
i am so thankful to be alive --
breathing, moving, sensing,
wide-eyed, cock-eared alive --
in this mysterious instant,
at this luminous time,
on this nurturing earth,
this blue pearl of great price
whirling through uncharted space,
attended by vigilant stars,
during these days of chance and battle,
with streaks of hope and holiness on the horizon,
touched by nature's pleading beauty
and friendship's steady hold.
i am so thankful to be alive --
eyes in love with seeing,
ears in love with hearing,
heart in love with attending,
mind in love with connecting;
eager to miss no message of grace
in the ballet of beauty
or in the cramp of struggle
of this incrdible gift of life:
attentive to all the clues of love,
daringly and outlandishly
scattered for me through Jesus' life,
overturning habit and hate;
attentive to the dreams he renews,
the wounds he heals,
the promises he nails up
for me to step on.
i am so thankful to be alive,
thankful for those times
when the rhythms of my life
catch the cadences of your kingdom,
when there is a lightening in me
for a moment,
when the creep of courage
allows me to dare serve the gifts
you have put in me;
thankful for the neighbors you have put beside me,
and the possibilities you have put before me;
thankful for the surge of determination
to accept difficulty
not as an excuse for passivity,
but as a goad to creativity,
as the door to abundant life,
and the seed of peace
the world cannot take away,
as it takes away so much else.

i am so thankful to be alive,
o persistent friend,
insistent enemy;
hold me always in the womb of mystery
and raise me again
and again,
forever,
to life,
and to love,
and to the claims of your kingdom.

just a litle prayer that i want to share to everyone out there in the bloggers world. when they are down and out and need a little motivation to make it through the day. just a little change
of style of blogging from me. from time to time my blog will be different. depending in my mood
happy :) or sad :(. i'll be mostly in the positive happy mood mode even if my day was bad like
today. my normal bad luck day for me. i'm glad i made it through this terrible day at my work
eventhough i got in a horrible argument with some of my co-workers. i'm glad i still finished my assigned work. hopefully tomorrow (friday and payday) will be a smooth day for me. i can't wait
for the weekend. i need the rest and relaxation mode. i guess this is it na for me for the evening.
i'm blogging-off mates and i'm ready to hit the sack. Godbless. and adios :P'.