Be Grateful

05 Jan Be Grateful

by Lanre Oguntoye

Be grateful to God. Just be grateful!
For the sweet times and the less tasteful,
Be grateful!
For the filling-ins and the falling-outs,
Be grateful!
For the healings and the hurts,
Be grateful!
For the best deals and the bad blows,
Be grateful!
For the friends that lifted you, and the hands that left you,
Be grateful!
For the tents that served you and the tables that shattered you,
Be grateful!
For the dreams driven and the dreams dead,
Be grateful!
For the spoils you gather, and the gathering that made you a spectacle,
Be grateful!
For the past you can’t change, the present swiftly pass, and the future, however cloudy,
Be grateful!

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