September 2nd!

OK, I have made a decision to write on my blog! Just not sure what to write about today!
*I slept in until 7:30 this morning and my little Abby didn't even wake me up!
*I stayed up reading "My Best Friend's Girl" by Dorothy Koomson too late last night! The book is good though sad!

*I have so much to do at work and need to focus today! It's been hard for me to focus lately, it's like I have spring fever or something!

*I am thankful for the friends I have at work; such a blessing! I am also thankful for my Chicks on Lit friends who keep my spirits up whether they know it or not!

*I enjoyed the following poem and just wanted to share it with you this morning!

AMONG THE MULTITUDES

I am who I am.
A coincidence no less unthinkable
than any other.

I could have different
ancestors, after all.
I could have fluttered
from another nest
or crawled bescaled
from another tree.

Nature's wardrobe
holds a fair
supply of costumes:
Spider, seagull, field mouse.
each fits perfectly right off
and is dutifully worn
into shreds.

I didn't get a choice either,
but I can't complain.
I could have been someone
much less separate.
someone from an anthill, shoal, or buzzing swarm,
an inch of landscape ruffled by the wind.

Someone much less fortunate,
bred for my fur
or Christmas dinner,
something swimming under a square of glass.

A tree rooted to the ground
as the fire draws near.

A grass blade trampled by a stampede
of incomprehensible events.

A shady type whose darkness
dazzled some.

What if I'd prompted only fear,
Loathing,
or pity?

If I'd been born
in the wrong tribe
with all roads closed before me?

Fate has been kind
to me thus far.

I might never have been given
the memory of happy moments

My yen for comparison
might have been taken away.

I might have been myself minus amazement,
that is,
someone completely different.

~ Wislawa Szymborska ~

(Poems New and Collected 1957-1997,
trans. by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh)

*Love the words; "I am who I am" and "I might have been...someone completely different...." These words remind me to be thankful for who I am-flaws and all!

*I also love the words; "I might never have been given the memory of happy moments." I am thankful for all of the happy moments in my life with people I love and who love me back! Even those who are no longer with me in this world. I am thankful for all of the great memories!

*I guess my word for today is "thankful" though I didn't know it until I started writing on this blog!

Hope everyone has a Happy Wednesday!