A Note of Thankfulness To God

I have always been expressive of my gripes.  Though some might not be in agreement with my feisty demeanor as expressed in the words and tone of my writing, I feel it's helped me not to develop hypertension, hehehe.  I don't hold back feelings and emotions. I let it explode and am not ashamed to let the world know I am being childish, LOL! But then again, it's the way I deal with stress and when I let everything out into the open, I feel so much better.



But for tonight, let me be good, hehehe.  This doesn't come naturally to me - meaning, I am even feeling a bit strange for being a well-behaved person today.   But well, I am naturally well-behaved based on my own standards.  Those who disagree, you can keep your mouth shut, hehehe!



I simply am feeling joyful and jovial and cheerful and light-hearted --- have I missed some adjectives?  Well then, supply them for me.  The comment box is not closed and can contain even a thousand comments (hopefully not, though!).  After the stressed- out past weeks when I had to juggle family, work and masteral classes, I have finally reaped the fruits --- some of the fruits, that is --- of my labor.  I am halfway through with my class' Form 9 (there's still a problem to be solved, though. One student did not go through second year --- TRUE!), I have submitted the Introduction, Theoretical Background and the beginning pages of the Related Literature of my study (draft returned this morning and Prof's comment made me go over the moon with happiness --- I am giddy, let me just be!). It's not perfect yet, but I have been inspired to have it completed. Family-wise, it's going great.  Problems are always present, but we always manage to hurdle through every obstacle, thanks God.



And so tonight,  I want to express my gratitude to my Maker who haven't ceased to be faithful to me despite my human frailties and shortcomings.  My heart just overflows with joy and gratitude that I couldn't contain it within me.  It needs to be let out into the open --- as I have been open with the way I am feeling.



My writings are not meant to entertain others anyway.  It's meant to be  personal mementos of my daily struggles, losses and victories as I go through the motions of living each day. Reading back on posts written a few years back makes me feel glad I did them.  And definitely, looking ahead into the future, I know I shall be looking back to this day with the same feeling of thankfulness because the positive feeling is reflected in the writing.



I have to edit my returned papers, and so I must stop...for tonight.



Thank you for never giving up on me, My lord.  And thank you for the countless blessings.  Thank you most of all for the unconditional love even when for most of the time, I don't deserve it.  It feels that just when I stray from Your grace, you stretch your loving arms farther and so much wider so you could still enclose me in Your embrace at moments when I feel so down and bothered and alone.