Life. I sit and stare at that four letter word, and wonder what it means to me.
We are all blessed enough to have life, yet we don’t take care of our lives or we’re not thankful for what we do have. We have to remember how we treat people. Treat everyone around you with love, kindness and compassion, no matter what, because every person that you meet is fighting a hard battle. Share your smile with them. They might be really nasty to you, but give them the benefit of the doubt and show them that life can be brighter from behind a smile and no matter what they’re going through, there is a God big enough to handle all their stress, struggles, and all of their problems.
Tonight I attended a viewing for my good friend Crystal’s boyfriend, Brandon L. Oblinsky. I did not know him, but it made my heart wrench like no other. My prayers go out to the Oblinsky family and friends. That could have been anyone in that casket. It could have of been Crystal. Something like this should never have to take place. But sometimes we have to be brought to the bottom, so we can be lifted up again. We have to be shown how worthy and thankful we need to be for our one and only life.
It also breaks my heart that it took a devastating situation like this one to bring my other 2 very good friends from high school and I back together. What if it were one of them? I would have felt so very guilty. I need to re evaluate my life, and tell and show people what they mean to me, because it could be the last time I will ever get to tell them that.
Dear Friends.
I want to reach my hand out to you. But when you go to reach for my hand, I hope that you touch my heart. I want to tell you that I would not be where I am today had it not been for you. Through all the up’s and all the down’s it has truly made me who I am today, and I am so thankful for my experiences. If it were not from my faithful friends from church always sticking it out with me, I would probably be in a totally different place in my life, so please accept these thanks from me. Thank you for kicking my butt when I didn’t want to listen. Thank you for giving the hard truth and tough love when I needed it. Thank you for holding me when I cried. Thank you for listening to my stories about my life, when I just needed someone there for me. For the friends who put themselves out there more than others. The ones who opened up and shared their lives with me. Allowed me to give input and truly be a part of their lives. I do not want to only recognize the friends that I’ve been friends with for awhile, but also my new friends that I might of only met in the past 3 years, or the past 3 months. So many people have left their footprints on my heart, and no one will ever replace them. There are some who would do anything for me, and I want to be able to do that in return. There are friends who I am able to just be on the phone with for hours and talk about a whole bunch of nothing, and I absolutely love it. There are my friends who have taken a step of faith, and when I had nothing, gave me their everything. Friends and their families who have opened up their homes to me when I had no where to go. I want to give thanks where thanks is due. I am thankful for everyone of you in my life. From the person who I barely talk to from high school, to my best friend. You have all touched my life in a way that I can not explain. Thank you.
Always,
Amanda Wright
We are all blessed enough to have life, yet we don’t take care of our lives or we’re not thankful for what we do have. We have to remember how we treat people. Treat everyone around you with love, kindness and compassion, no matter what, because every person that you meet is fighting a hard battle. Share your smile with them. They might be really nasty to you, but give them the benefit of the doubt and show them that life can be brighter from behind a smile and no matter what they’re going through, there is a God big enough to handle all their stress, struggles, and all of their problems.
Tonight I attended a viewing for my good friend Crystal’s boyfriend, Brandon L. Oblinsky. I did not know him, but it made my heart wrench like no other. My prayers go out to the Oblinsky family and friends. That could have been anyone in that casket. It could have of been Crystal. Something like this should never have to take place. But sometimes we have to be brought to the bottom, so we can be lifted up again. We have to be shown how worthy and thankful we need to be for our one and only life.
It also breaks my heart that it took a devastating situation like this one to bring my other 2 very good friends from high school and I back together. What if it were one of them? I would have felt so very guilty. I need to re evaluate my life, and tell and show people what they mean to me, because it could be the last time I will ever get to tell them that.
Dear Friends.
I want to reach my hand out to you. But when you go to reach for my hand, I hope that you touch my heart. I want to tell you that I would not be where I am today had it not been for you. Through all the up’s and all the down’s it has truly made me who I am today, and I am so thankful for my experiences. If it were not from my faithful friends from church always sticking it out with me, I would probably be in a totally different place in my life, so please accept these thanks from me. Thank you for kicking my butt when I didn’t want to listen. Thank you for giving the hard truth and tough love when I needed it. Thank you for holding me when I cried. Thank you for listening to my stories about my life, when I just needed someone there for me. For the friends who put themselves out there more than others. The ones who opened up and shared their lives with me. Allowed me to give input and truly be a part of their lives. I do not want to only recognize the friends that I’ve been friends with for awhile, but also my new friends that I might of only met in the past 3 years, or the past 3 months. So many people have left their footprints on my heart, and no one will ever replace them. There are some who would do anything for me, and I want to be able to do that in return. There are friends who I am able to just be on the phone with for hours and talk about a whole bunch of nothing, and I absolutely love it. There are my friends who have taken a step of faith, and when I had nothing, gave me their everything. Friends and their families who have opened up their homes to me when I had no where to go. I want to give thanks where thanks is due. I am thankful for everyone of you in my life. From the person who I barely talk to from high school, to my best friend. You have all touched my life in a way that I can not explain. Thank you.
Always,
Amanda Wright
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