Oh, what I got

“Oh, what I got” said Merry Clayton in a recent CBS interview after losing both her legs in a car accident 
She is deeply grateful for her life and to still be singing, like an angel
It made me think about what I’ve got
What I’ve gained 
Been given to enjoy and appreciate 
I know now
Bone deep 
What a gift is
What a miracle is
Who I have beside me 
The gift of figuring out, who I am 
The gift of recognizing, who I was 
And being okay with both versions
It’s an easy thing to get trapped in a story and continue to live like it’s still happening years later 
The trick is to figure out the lessons 
Change the story 
Change yourself 
Change your life 
Change your focus 
Become who you were meant to be 
With all the baggage 
Brokenness and beauty 
The scars and the stories 
It’s all in us
All the time 
We are just so busy we never take the time to stop and really see it
See ourselves 
See each other 
See the way it was and the way it is now 
And to be okay with, what we’ve got