I Am Grateful to Be Alive

To this day I still wonder why, why I was given a second, third  and yes even a forth chance at life.
 In my late thirties, my Neprhologist wanted to have a base CT Scan on my brain because I had a kidney disease that produced among...

My life should have ended two years ago.  I, as I have shared on other groups, have had an eating disorder in the past- a combination of bulimia and anorexia, known as purge type anorexia.  I overexercised and cut back to a...

i was traveling through a pass in colorado and ice invited my vehicle to slide 200 yards on a narrow two lane highway. all four people in the car became very present, intimately woven in an event of surrender. over the embankment, our...

I am grateful to be alive, I have attempted suicide on several occasions and by some supreme power I am still here.  I now have 2 little girls and they are my lifesavers.....for every time the thought comes to my head I have to...

I was clinically dead for 23 minutes. They didn't need to tell me: I already knew.

I drifted off towards those I'd loved and lost.....and my Granndmother's strong clear voice reminded me that I nneeded to make sure my 3-year old was...

I am definitely grateful to be alive.  A few years ago when I fell real hard, all I wanted to do is die and I've tried.  It didn't work out because I'm meant to be here + it wasn't my time to go...the man above had other plans for me...

Five years ago I was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at age 47! My doctor told me "You should be dead!"  I responded "You should be competent, I guess we were both disappointed!" I knew what he meant but for some reason I had failed to...

I have had two major life altering injuries in my life.One was a serious fall while working and the other was a reaction to a medication. The fall was the most painful physically as well as emotionally since it took away my sense of...

In 1980 when I was 19 years old I was put in a psych ward. After two weeks they let me out and I went directly to a world famous experimental house for schizophrenics where I lived for the next 1 1/2 years. I went through hell with...

You dont have to have something happen to you in order to be thankful to be alive. Just to wake up in the morning and see the beautiful sun is enough to be thankful. Every day we have to live is a blessing from the Lord. I thank him not...

The universe is full of destruction; planets waste away, stars die, entire galaxies collide - galaxies; galaxies which are paradoxically held together and partially eaten away by black holes. Why, we have a thousand or so hypervelocity...

well a few years ago i was hit by a short bus, I was carelessly walking and didn't look both ways. So, i learned that not looking both ways could put you in a coma for several month, like i was put in. I learned that first time waking...

I'm so grateful for my life. Just to know that when the sun rises, i have another day to look for, celebrate or create more beauty in life. It's never as easy at it should be, but nothing good is.
I nearly drowned this year, had...

Since i was 11 i've being suffering from depression A few months later i started trying to kill myself, obviously i failed the relationship w/ my dad was spiraling down became addicted to pain killers and my life became a fvcking mess!I...

Some relatives to me recently missed the plane from Brazil who crashed and burned into the ocean from lightning.
What would you do if you had an unused ticket to a crashed plane?

I am greatful to be alive.  I am greatful for my health.    note I am a Canadian and greatful for that.

Have you ever seen someone in a wheel chair, and looked down on them? Maybe gave them a look of disgust? Ever seen someone stumbling to take a step, laughed at them? Ever seen someone that had bright red scars all over one side of thier...

I am grateful to be alive. I have to admit that I can't really relate to people who aren't but it must be horrrible to be in those circumtances or in that condition. And those who are able to take being alive completely for granted...