Ep.24 Thank You Poem

Chicken Mind Nuggets.

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Show script: (may differ slightly from spoken word)

This episode marks the end of Season 1. I appreciate all of you from the bottom of my heart for all of the love, support, and encouragement you have given me over this past year. I am excited to keep this journey going, and just like from the start, this episode is based on past events which accumulated into this script. Teachers come in a variety of forms, and some manifest themselves in the worst people, in the most hurtful people, in the worst traits OF people, and in the worst time FOR people. They have been some of my greatest teachers, because I have learned how NOT to be, so this poem is dedicated to those who have taught me the good by going through the bad.

Thank you, for being the asshole who didn’t believe in me for more than 20 minutes at a time. I got a great lesson on how valuable time is.

Thank you, for being the one who assumed that since you are a man with 6 months more of experience that you have the right to speak down to me. I got a great lesson on giving fucks about power and not feeding an ego machine. Standing up to you was one of the best days of my life.

Thank you, for being the friend who went from left to right and back to the left really quick with emotions and decisions. I definitely got a great lesson what not to do and who not to be.

Thank you, to the family who used me and left. I miscalculated my significance in our relationship, and I received a great lesson on openness, acceptance, and self-love.

Thank you, to the family who knew I was the black sheep and tried to keep me down with their narcissistic households. I know exactly how not to raise myself or another person.

Thank you, to the ex who took out their past hurt on my body and left bruises as if it was for them. I got a great lesson on how I wanted to be treated and what love should and shouldn’t be.

Thank you, to the robber who took from my house what they felt was theirs. I got a great lesson on the value of security and the importance of non-attachment.

Thank you, to the doctor who told me I had cancer over the phone when he was wrong. I got a great lesson on learning to believe what you first hear.

Thank you, to the old friend who believed everything I did about building my house was wrong. I got a great lesson on what’s important to other people and found I love the character of my house more and more every year.

Thank you, to the people I have met who didn’t think I would amount to anything because they had no idea what I was going through. I got a great lesson on who should and should not be in my life and have made much better decisions since then.

Thank you, to the people who believed the wrong, spread the rumors, and loved the lies. I got a great lesson on the people who I don’t want to be around and was reminded there are better, and safer people in the world.

Thank you, teachers, because nothing is bad as long as you learn from it.

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