Blessed: Divinely or supremely favored; fortunate.
I am in violent revolt against the gratuitous use of the word BLESSED. Someone just witnessed a spectacular sunset- #blessed. Someone else just had a fantastic meal - #blessed. Person Y had a group hang - #blessed. Do you get my gist? It's all nails on a chalkboard to me people, I just can't stand it.
I was an impressionable teenager when I saw Dead Poets Society, it resonated with me, all that seizing the day and gathering rosebuds while you may. This is how life should be lived in proactive pursuit of experiences given that the clock is always ticking, right? Well, that emotion sat with me for over two decades, and it's only now, when I am in my forties that I am putting it to practice. And since there is no convert as zealous as a new convert, here I am guns blazing. So yes, it doesn't sit right, chancing upon something so glorious it takes your breath away- and of course life is full of those moments - and describing it as BLESSED. Surely you can put more of a zing into that description why opt for the easy route. Whenever I read the word the first thought that runs through my overcrowded mind is - please can someone hand this person a thesaurus, there are adjectives a plenty pick one, use it, say anything just don't say BLESSED it's both passive and prosaic, we in the 21st century have moved beyond that whole God disposes, we are hapless bystanders, destiny's children, type of thinking. We have evolved we are seizers of days! If you witnessed a gorgeous sunset you were not BLESSED, you were at the right place at the right time, you made that happen, it's got a lot more to do with you than you take credit for. Stop handing over your power!
Maybe you need to come to it, I'm at the halfway mark of my lifespan, and it's true what they tell you. Your life and its perspectives do change. Suddenly, I am more assuredly me than I have ever been - I finally fit into my own skin. It is the most empowering emotion I have ever felt. I am enjoying my 40's more than I have enjoyed any other decade. Last week, I decided to go blonde for the summer, and it felt well crazy, but also great, the rational was I can hardly experiment like this in my 50's its now or never, I have and entire decade to take all the chances I never took. Throw yourself at life, chase sunsets, and create those so-called BLESSED moments, because the real blessing isn't what you see externally, it is what you feel internally. Except of course when you feel flu-y cause your lungs are fighting the good fight with the excess of pollen in the air and breathing is a task… and you just have to… ACHOOOOO!! And suddenly the whole room is a chorus of BLESS YOUs.