Something Personal

Everyday, I try to look for something within my life to be grateful for because they say, the happiest people are those who know that they have much to be thankful for. Most of the time, even if I find that the blessings are small and simple, I learn to appreciate that in life most if not all are relative. If we would learn how to appreciate the simple things, they won't be as simple as we initially thought. 

And so today, I found another thing to be grateful about, my family set-up. 

Even if we aren't perfect and most of the time very dysfunctional, I am thankful that despite my parents' separation-in-fact, we have all learned the ways to make this weird set-up of ours work. I am thankful that despite my parents' falling out, that falling out hasn't gotten in the way our relationships with one other. Also, I am glad that my parents are civil enough to at least behave properly when we're all around each other and that they don't create an even more awkward atmosphere than it already is. Also, I'm glad that none of them raised us having any sort of ill-feelings towards the opposing parent; my mom was nice enough to keep her mouth zipped despite my dad's shortcomings as to not taint mine and my brother's image of him and that my dad was nice enough to still be a dad to us.

If we just choose to see things in a better perspective, we'd realize that we have so much in our lives to be thankful for and that it doesn't need to take a Benz or an Audi to make us feel blessed in life.