EMBRACING THE SITUATION

Recently someone told me
If I were in your situation
I would want to die.
I remember saying
I guess it’s a good thing
I am not you.
You see I have embraced my situation.
I give thanks for it.
I give thanks for
the ways it has helped me grown.
I came to realize that
I can either embrace something and grow
or stay hurting, angry, and frustrated.
So I embrace life and grow.
I work to embrace
what I cannot change.
I embrace the crabgrass in my life
because it is easier to change my attitude
then to spend energy
hating what I cannot change.
So I embrace that which challenges me
and give thanks for the gifts