{"id":97318,"date":"2012-10-01T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T18:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/97318\/magic-monday-piece\/"},"modified":"2012-10-01T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T18:56:52","slug":"magic-monday-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/97318\/magic-monday-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST THANKS — a Magic Monday piece"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JUST THANKS<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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When I was young
\nI used to think
\nI was indestructible,
\nor so I thought,
\nthat I\u2019d never get old;
\nI\u2019d be like Peter Pan
\nand live forever
\nwith the Lost Boys
\nwithin the realms
\nof Never-Never land.
\nI just knew it
\nway down deep inside
\nthat I\u2019d always be a kid,
\nthat I\u2019d never grow up \u2013<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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Until I did.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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And then I discovered
\nthat it wasn\u2019t quite that way
\nand over the years
\nhave had many chances
\nto experience life
\nat work and at play.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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And it never ceases to amaze me
\nthat with its myriad of tiny parts,
\nthe human body can function at all
\ngetting us to where we have to go
\nand allowing us to do what we must do
\nto get by each day
\nand not to fall.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a wonder to me
\nevery single day
\nas I marvel
\nand am quite in awe
\nof how all the parts of us
\n(with all our intricacies
\nand insecurities
\nand eccentricities
\nand fragilities)
\nwork together
\nto get us through the day.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

And yet as fragile and frail
\nas we occasionally are,
\nfor we\u2019re not as indestructible
\nas we used to seem,
\nI\u2019m amazed and in awe
\nof our strength
\nand resilience,
\nreminded over
\nand over again
\nof how much stronger
\nwe are than we ever
\nthought we could be.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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And I find myself blessed
\nby the example of those
\nwhose incredible ability
\nto adapt and survive
\nwhen things go wrong
\nas their positive attitude
\ntakes them and me
\nto places beyond,
\nin our bodies and minds,
\nwhere anyone expected
\nor where anyone thought
\nwe would be.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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So I\u2019m thankful every day,
\nas my feet once again
\ntouch the floor,
\nthankful to the Creator
\nwho made us this way
\nand even more;
\nthankful for how
\nthis body of mine,
\nsometimes seeming
\nso insignificant and small,
\ngets through the day
\nin quite a remarkable way,
\ngiven so many roadblocks
\nthat could get in the way
\nand with so many parts of me
\nthat without working together
\nreally could go wrong.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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(c) barbara kausteklis 10-1-12<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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Written for CPC Magic Monday\/
\nThe Magic Of Myelin (And Other Marvels Of The Human Body)<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/97281\/magic-myelin-and-marvels-human-body\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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Thanks always for your visits and comments.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


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Aloha Hugs as a new month begins.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

~barb~<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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