Blessings

I consider myself blessed. Blessings pop up in the most unusual and/or unlikely places at times and it can take awhile to notice them. Sometimes you know you have been blessed the instant it happens. I have been blessed by every key player I have mentioned above, many times over and over. I am blessed to have a family, a job, transportation, friends, common sense...the list goes on and is in no particular order. But I also know I'm blessed to have epilepsy. I would not be who I am today without it. I'd most likely still be waiting tables-not that there is anything wrong with that. But I wouldn't have met some of the people I have come to call key players without it. I would not be utilizing my skills in a more professional manner without it. Sometimes life blesses you to force you to do things you might have been otherwise to afraid to do. I found myself going along very comfortable in my life until BAM..I just couldn't (still can't) stop falling down-not so great for a waitress. I am blessed to have been royally screwed over at such a young age. I recognize the signs in others and myself when it starts to happen almost instantly and can prevent it from happening again. I also am blessed that I was able to catch it early enough to not let it follow me forever or irreversibly affect my credit. I can also use my knowledge to help others, including my precious howit, when the time is right. I am blessed that I gave as much of myself as I could when I was able. And these are just a few of the blessings that are affecting me right now. Throughout my life I have been blessed, but now I am just able to vocalize it and recognize it. A lot of people ask 'why me?' when they are 'struck down'. Why not? I don't believe I have figured out all the reasons I now have epilepsy, but I can at least see the blessings it has afforded me, and who knows-there may be more to come. WHHHEEEEE.