The road I have traveled

I think there is some poetry in this for the near future but for now... I will just write about it.  My poetic juices aren't flowing tonight.  Regardless, I was talking to a friend about the road I have traveled over the last few years and it was quite chilling when I really looked at it all.  I was so close to the brink of failure and ruin at one point in my life.  I nearly lost it all and whatever I didn't lose I almost threw away.  The trauma indeed has contributed to who I am today. I suppose was necessary for me to see myself clearly as-well-as my problems.  I am not as perfect as I once thought, nor will I ever be even close.  I have over come my greatest hurdle in life though, myself.  I was my greatest enemy because I viewed myself unrealistically.  The night I spent in jail was the most sobering thing I have ever done on many accounts but it really helped me to see me for who I was and what I was doing not only to myself but those in my life.  It took a lot of work to get my shit together and succeed from that point on but I was able to that and I thank God every day for what he has given me by his grace.  I do not deserve a single thing I have in life but he has made me humble and I am grateful.