weekend and thoughts

Tired at the moment and looking for a way to wake up so that I can get some work done in the last hours of the weekend. My weekend has been good - relief it was a more positive weekend. Weekends for me lately have been something I dread - so it's nice to have a weekend where I did not worry.

Yesterday is a bit of a blur to me but I'm sure as I type - I will remember what happened... let's try Friday first instead. Friday evening after doing some work and chatting with a good friend - I watched a movie that was good BUT I fell asleep - by the time i put it on - it was midnight and normally staying up till 2 isn't a challenge. However with the hours I have been pulling lately - i struggled and about half way through the movie turned it off.

Yesterday I watched that movie while awake and did some work. Today I went to lunch with a friend - it was nice to take some time to hang out with her outside of school - she's a great girl, lots of potential for her, sounds like she's headed the same direction of me - working hard and working jobs at the same time (I'm thankful that I dont have to work too many hours this year). That's pretty much my weekend.

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Side note on something that's on my mind.

I have been reading a friends blog - she's currently Kenya helping orphan children and what she's been writing about blows my mind. I had another friend in cambodia for sometime working with children in sex trafficking and again the things I would read and hear about...I just can't put into words.

These women- I have to comment just how amazing they are for doing these things. It takes alot of strength to go somewhere very different to what we're culturally use to. The sights these woman have seen, deal with, take great courage.

To my friend who has gone and come back to Canada, I think you are absolutely amazing and I am glad to have someone like you in my life :). Please remember the gift you have given to others and just how appreciated you are - whether here or back there. I wish you the best in your next journey ahead :).

To my friend who is still in Kenya, you are amazing and i'm glad i have you in my life :). I sent you a text message the other day, not sure if you got it. I'm so sorry at the difficulties you are facing, stay strong and remember how much of a difference you are making in these children's lives. To them you are a gift they will treasure forever. I think you are amazing for enduring the things you do. I know you will take from these experiences and pass it on for others to learn from. Keep on writing those blogs - i keep reading. You are in my thoughts and I send you the best - you are a special person, remember that.

Both of these women have inspired me and brought back somethings into my awareness that I have forgotten about. When we complain about small mediocre things, do we realize that someone else has it much worse. I know some of us has experienced some difficult things in life (I know I have) and we face daily challenges that break us down. But we do not face the daily challenge that others who are less fortunate experience. We are LUCKY, we are in a wealthy country, we have money, houses, food, support systems. We are RICH (whether we see it or not). They have inspired me to be further grateful for the things I have. And to appreciate that some of my blogs may seem mundane when I say on here is what I did today - i went to school and then back home for an evening of relaxation. But yet - I am fortunate enough to be in school, I have money, I have friends and family who love and support me, I have food, I have a roof over my shoulder, not so mundane anymore.... my life is a gift.

Here's to appreciation for what we have, may we continue to be truly thankful.