Blessings

Allow me to talk about blessings. Things we are granted in our lives that usually make the pain of living on this earth, enduring shitty people and going on with day to day tedious chores a little bit more tolerable, things that we realize that without them, our lives would not be the same because simply, they are a blessing from above.

Or simply, things that make your life better just by being in it. 

There are the blessings we barely notice anymore, the fact that we can walk, talk, laugh and breathe like any normal human being. Then there are blessings that we notice from time to time; like the fact that we have money in our pockets, functional families –to an extent –,  a roof over our heads, food on our tables and water coming out of our tabs and healthy functioning bodies, blessings that became a causality even though they truly are blessings, that a lot of other people strive to have for a day.

And then there is the most underestimated blessing in my humble personal opinion; good people. 

Being surrounded with good people wherever you go, being able to find them, meet them and know them.

I have become more and more fond of the idea of friendships more than relationships throughout the years, mainly because it seems like one of the truest forms of love..

It is so easy to say that your family are good, decent people who love you and you love them back. But families don’t choose each other. Friends however, do. You can choose who you want to know and get close to and stay away from those you don’t want to know. However, you can’t always help choose the kind of person you befriend.

This may sound like such an exaggeration, but nowadays there are so many bad people on the surface and more underneath. And I am always reminding myself to be thankful for meeting people that are good, honest, inspirational, supportive and more. 

People that are beautiful inside and out.

I have been fortunate enough to practically have the same group of friends from a very young age, a group that I feel very comfortable around no matter what happens, no matter who travels or leaves or goes away, I have always managed to save the bond with these people throughout the years.

However, for the past two years, I have been once again fortunate enough to meet and get close to a whole new different group of people, people who I find myself once again obliged to call a blessing.

And in honour of that, allow me to elaborate on why I believe they are. 

• It is rather very rare in my opinion to meet people and almost instantly click with them, which almost never happens with me because well, I am not the most approachable person on planet earth.  But with them, this somehow just happened, without even realising it; we were all clicking somehow, one way or another.

• People are not patient, no one is anymore. And so, when it comes to others' faults and downsides, people –including myself, are usually not prone to be the most tolerable persons alive, but somehow, I have been blessed with people who teach me before teaching themselves that we’re all faulty. We all have our drawbacks and that nobody is perfect.

• Sharing is caring. Here is one of the biggest lessons I have started believing in and learning about this year both from old and new friends. It does not matter what you’re sharing, as long as there are people eager to listen and you’re eager to be talking with them.

• And finally, people that contribute to your well-being, that make your heart and soul feel better, fuller and most importantly grateful. These in my  opinion are the most worthwhile friendships, friendships that last a lifetime and even more. People that you know can always be there for you, whether life allows it or not, you know that you’d find a way to make it and be there.

And if not, well, it still is a blessing while it lasts, no one can deny that.

If you’re not blessed with these kinds of friendships, I can only hope you do, because it truly makes all the difference.

So look around you and count your blessings, every day, while you still have them. You don’t have to lose a blessing to realise it was there all this time, appreciate what you have.

This is dedicated to every single friend I have made throughout the years, but specifically to people whom I’ve only just met in the past two years, you truly are a god sent blessing and I love every single one of you!