grateful....grateful...grateful?

I haven't actually ever thought about this before, but since a decent amount of things have happened to me in my life span, i am certainly grateful for certain things and people in my life.

for starters, i do not have nor maintain a healthy relationship with my dad. some days i can't really tell if this is a conscious or subconscious decision. this inevitably led to my connecting with other father figures in my life around 9th-10th grade and continuing randomly throughout my life, and i am eternally grateful for them. The one that really sticks out for me was my high school music teacher, who i never really got to say goodbye to when he left teaching suddenly.

I am grateful for my guy friends; they are like older brothers to me, and are always there when i need it. i love my girl friends who know exactly why i'm crushed and how to make it right, even if temporarily. More often than i'd like to admit, my friends believe in me more than i do myself.

last but not least, i'm grateful that any truly bad choice i've made has only affected me and not those around me.