As Thanksgiving approaches, I'm feeling an awful lot like I was last year: sick and contemplative. It's true. I came down with a cold last year a few days before Thanksgiving and I'm having deja vu this year. I managed to take the day off Friday to rest, but have been working 12 hour days since then. Needless to say, I'm not exactly 100% better. Hopefully getting a cold will not be my next great Thanksgiving tradition.
However, despite my recent (and ongoing) battle against the common cold, I have been taking the time to do some thinking lately (or at least when I have time to). It may sound silly, but I really do think Thanksgiving is a great occasion to stop and appreciate life's bounty. Times are tough right now. My closest friends all know I'm pretty poor right now. Ok: really poor. Fine: destitute! hehe. I work my ass off between school and work (plural), and I am barely managing to eek out an existence.
Still, no matter how tough it can get, I consider myself very fortunate. I had a great upbringing that was filled with love and laughter, and I'm still very close with my family. I have a small group of friends who I really love, and who I have shared so much with. Between them, I know I have been surrounded by some amazing people, whose compassion and generosity never cease to amaze me.
I have also had an incredibly fortunate life. I received a first-rate education at an incredible university. I've backpacked through Europe with my best friend in the world. And now I'm reaching my goals. Two years ago I told myself I wanted to move to NYC and study fashion once I graduated from AU. And I did just that.
And hey, I'm seeing someone new. I like him a lot. While we have only been seeing each other a few months, he has already proven himself to be kind, witty, generous, sweet, adventurous, sexy, and very handsome. While it isn't official or anything yet, I find myself missing him when we're apart more and more. And I'm also grateful for the new kink interest he's helping me explore! Shh!
No matter how rough things may get, I know that I have so many things to be grateful for.
Thankfully,
Ben
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Of course, I'm also awfully thankful for effective rope bondage and dirty sock gags.
What kinky stuff are you guys thankful for?
Ben, hey, of course I'm just some anonymous guy in Virginia reading your blog, but I already think you are an awesome person... and you have the guts to study fashion! =) wow.
I'm thankful that I've just recently connected with a guy that is my same age, etc. (yeah, mid 40s-- yikes it all goes by so fast) and he seems to run pretty much at the same wavelength I do, on almost all counts including a basically mild to medium bondage interest. We have a long secluded weekend planned, and the two-column instruction will be put to excellent use, I promise, so I guess I want to say that I'm also thankful for what you do on here.
(...so, uh thanks! ;-)
Hi Ben, love the blog as always
great to see a young guy so into bondage and also so thankful!
Have fun and enjoy it all. Hugs
John.x
Hey Ben, I sure hope you're feeling better! I used to get sick every Christmas so I know the syndrome!
NM Man
Post a Comment