Thankful? You bet your ass.

I have been granted a bounty that few men have known. Friends and favors from whatever gods must be. Family that few could dream to be part of, fewer could hold. Experiences richer than many twice my age, promises greater than the Pharaohs knew. There are many things wrong with this world we live in, but then, there always have been. There probably always will be, at least as long as any of us are around to know about it. But in this crystal moment in time, my lord, how blessed are we. Look at the things you have seen that your grandparents could only have seen in their wildest fantasies. Look at the chances for experience you can pass on to those younger. We walk a tightrope daily, peril all around, but the possible graces that wait to take us into their arms are multifold. Thank you world. For yesterday, for today and most for tomorrow. I await with mild apprehension, and great expectations.