Deep thinking inspired by another....

I will start by saying I might sound dreadfully poetic tonight. I just finished a tremendous book, and as usual I found myself very wrapped up in the lives of the characters. This is a good thing though. The book is "The Nazi Officer's Wife," a memoir depicting the life of Edith Hahn Beer and her personal story of survival during the Holocaust. As I finished and laid the book down I completed my subsequent tasks in a trance. I'm not sure if I just never paid enough attention in school, or if the school I attended really only pushed education of American history, but either way I have learned a lot more about that time in history than I was previously unaware of. Yes, I did just end a sentence with a preposition.
When hearing stories of this kind my past experiences always tend to pale in comparison. I mean truly become almost obsolete. When I finally stood from my sitting position I thought of how much I want to show my children my love for them. I realized that I have been complaining an awful lot about my present living situation when I really have so much to be grateful for. I felt once again encouraged to live my life differently, with more humble strength and gratitude than I have ever practiced before. Then I remembered something my mother told me she heard once in AA. "I am not so much a quick learner as I am a fast forgeter." I so wish that I could be enlightened and filled with new knowledge like I have been since starting this book; I wish even more that I would always wear these things on my heart, living life with a new "whole" attitude because of them.
The human mind is a curious thing. It fascinates me. Our human frailty, our ability to adapt, and our instinct to survive confound me. A person might see all the pain, suffering, and torment in this life and ask, "How could there possibly be a God?" Others might say, "How can you see the overcoming and survival of these things and not believe?" Tonight I am filled with awe. Tonight I am grateful. Tonight my mind might be filled with thoughts, and yet I have peace.