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Reading This Page Has Made Me Realize Just How Lucky I Am.

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October 22nd, 2008
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Dear God,

Reading this page has made me realize just how lucky I am. So many people just want to be happy and safe, for the moment, I am both.

I am thankful for my life, my career which I adore, my students who trust and look up to me, my friends who love me, my family who love and care for me, my wonderful home, my brain and my intelligence. Thank you that the sun comes up in the morning, and goes down in the evening.

Please give all the people who need it strength, be with them and hold their hands though the tough times. I believe, without a doubt that you have a plan for me, please help me to fulfill it to the best of my ability, there is a reason everything happens, help me not to get side tracked with my own agenda.

When it is my time to go, and I hope it’s no time soon, I hope that I will have made a difference. xxx

Blessed - South Africa

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I Now See What All The Hardship I Endured Was For. It Is For The Life That I Have Now.

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October 10th, 2008
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 Dear God,

Firstly, thank you so much for the life that you have given me. it has been a long rough road for a fifteen year old, but I am finally seeing greener pastures.

i must say, my early life was not the best. I was born into a poor family, my mother was pressured to marry my father who abused her. Still to this day, I avoid making contact with him as i know that he doesnt love me. I lived in poverty conditions and I could remember that my mum worked two jobs just to send me to school. She even risked it and insisted that i go to a private school so I may receive a better education. To this day I remember the house that we lived in, it wasnt even ours, it only happened by chance when the people that we were living with had their house reposessed and as i stood there, watching the men take away all the belongings, most, if not all not mine at all. Then you came and sent what I call an angel who gave us a roof over our heads. I now see what all the hardship I endured was for. It is for the life that i have now. i have a wonderful stepfather, who is the best dad in the world! i live in Australia, where there are wide open spaces where I can just breathe in and smell the fresh air. I have two wonderful half-brothers, although it doesnt seem to be as I treat them no less and I go to a wonderful school with great facilities and I have the best friends in the world! 

Micah, Qld, Australia

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I’d Like To Ask You if It Were Possible That I be Around A Little Longer

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September 8th, 2008
face.jpg Dear God I’d just like to ask you- If it were possible, That I be around for a little longer. I know you haven’t told me that you are taking me away. But, I thought I’d let you know that I’m not taking all this for granted anymore. Thank you for the simplicity. Like laughter. Dreams. And Love. Y’know, the big things Like night time, cotton bed sheets, feather pillows. Thanks for making Florida pink when the sun rises, the oceans mystical, and the stars far away enough to adorn our skies. Oh and that moment between sleep and the real world… Wondering what the day is going to bring, Or how my life has yet to unfold, Thanks for that moment of fresh, unadulterated Hope. I know sometimes I don’t listen very well. But thank you for sending me all the signs. And the angels who have guided me. I think you put me here for a reason, And I hope I don’t let you down by ignoring you. I pray for happiness, for everyone whom I have ever met. I pray that we all grow old beautiful and content. I pray when we’re all 74 and geriatrics, We’ll still be laughing the same way we do today. I know my life here is transitory, But while I am here for this short moment, I’d like to take the grand tour of your world, And hopefully when I check out, I’d have contributed more than I would have taken. Yours Truly.  Melchica, Malaysia

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Thank You, Thank You

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July 8th, 2008
swimming.jpg Dear God, Thank you for creating me! Thank you for giving me the chance to experience this world, even though most of the times through sadness and dissapointment. But also, thank you for giving me the eyes to see beyond pleasure and pain, family or friends, happiness or sadness. Thank you for showing me that there is more than all these things that we, all humans, consider most important. Thank you for giving me the power to rejoice and be glad when I can feel the wind or touch a flower after, or during an “important” problem. Thank you for showing me that my family is the world, and my problems are their problems, and their problems are my problems. Help us solve them together, and help us understand that it’s not just You and me. It’s You, my brothers, my sisters and me. Thank you… thank you! Paul, Romania

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Thank You For Helping Her

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May 28th, 2008
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Dear God,

5 months ago, my best friend had tumours growing along her spine and in her chest. The tumour on her spine was so large she lost the ability to walk. Now 5 months later, after a stem cell transplant, surgery and the beginning of physio, she is on the mend and will probably be able to continue her career in dance. She’s got a long road still ahead of her but she is alive. Thank you for helping her and her mom make it through the ordeal. I could go on and on with all the little miracles you helped us with but you already know what was done. Debbie, AB, Canada

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Thank You For Giving Me a Wondeful Support System

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May 21st, 2008
hollywood.jpg Dear God, I can’t thank you enough for giving me such a wonderful support system. I’ve got family who has always believed in me, a boyfriend who loves me more than ever and friends who are always willing to sit down and listen. I’ve found the older I get, the more I learn about myself and the strength you helped grant me to get all the things I’ve always wanted. As I continue this journey of self discovery, please give me the strength to figure out exactly what I’m meant to do as I’m learning quickly that money and material things do not equate the happiness I thought I wanted. Clare, NY/USA

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I Am Feeling Exactly What I Need To, In Order To Move Into My Next Moment

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April 28th, 2008
roadtrip Dear Universe, It is with a heavy, exhausted heart that I say, “thanks”. Deep in my heart I know that I am feeling exactly what I need to, in order to move into my next moment. Sometimes I try to force myself into the next moment quicker than time (your heartbeat) wants me to. You want me to enjoy and learn from each beat. I try, each day, I try. I am also trying to not turn the hands of time backwards. I know, each moment is precious, and I thank you for that. That, and all of the people, experiences, good things and bad things that are part of each moment, I am thankful. From these people and things I learn - I try to take the good forward and leave the bad behind. Thank you Universe for all of these things, including my very tough day today. I love you and me.

Steven, Dallas/USA 

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