Love the thing that I most wished had not happened, "What punishments of God are not gifts" - Stephen Colbert

When I first heard this time stopped, for how long I'm not exactly sure. I was taken back to the traumatic moments in my life, the ones that changed the very fabric of my being, the ones that left scars both physical and mental, and some from which I have yet to heal. There is joy in gratitude, but I had yet to think of the punishments as gifts, I think that is a powerful message that I wanted to take the time to reiterate. For a while I had decided to take back control of self by doing my best to happen to things and not let them happen to me, to have full accountability in every sense, because in my past I had been so deeply hurt while waiting for something, someone. But there are so many gifts that come from the "punishments" of life, the lessons we learn and the changes that come with it are a blessing. There can be no better gift than growth, there can be no surer thing than change. As we all deal with the tumultuousness of being alive and the complexity of living, let us find love and gratitude and share it with others as often as possible.

Love

The Black Waldo