Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for so much in my life, even though there have been and will be many more challenges in the future.

I am thankful for my wife, my 4 children, my 2 grandchildren, my dog Bella and my Bike.

Not to mention that i live in a sleepy part of the UK and despite the UK's issues it is still like winning the geo lottery i am not going to lie.

The fact that i was born and dragged up in the UK, lived on the streets and had to literally work my way from nothing while facing many personal issues i still feel privilaged.

As a youngster i was a little wild and rough, i was from a financially struggling family, made many bad choices, some on purpose 🤣 ending up on the streets of London.

But i survived a few rough years and now live in the countryside years later, doing pretty well for myself now.

I also have some crazy stories from that time in my life and learned many lessons along the way.

The wild in me is still there, i just have much better control of it now.

You can take the kid off the street but you can't take the street out of the kid.

The skills i learned on the streets have helped me in my life, i had to grow up quickly (or become a Victim) and learn to hustle (or starve).

Becoming resourceful was a must and being able to protect what little i had necessary.

You have to learn to read people as most are not friends in that situation.

But it developed a fire in me, a drive to do better no matter what i face in life.

I will never be regretful only thankful because everything that i have been through as brought me to this moment in time and i am not sad about it.

Bella waiting for me to sort out her blanket

🤣

Risingstar Missions

I did some busking

I did complete some bigger missions as well

I also today purchased some BBH part of the @thebbhproject run by @bradleyarrow

and sent 10K to my @benthomasuk account for tipping purposes.

@benthomasuk/actifit-benthomasuk-20250109t213859066z

This post comes a little late as my computer was lagging like crazy but i completed most of what i needed to online.

I curated for @aliveandthriving

@aliveandthriving/alive-and-thriving-january-8-2025-awesome-posts-collection

and @heartbeatonhive as well as completed the contest there.

@heartbeatonhive/heartbeat-on-hive-we-are-alive-tribe-curation-collection-562

Well that is it from me today all the images are my own or created using pro canva and snipping tools.