1) you accept Me when no others have
2) you encourage me to be the best I can be
3) you are more patient than I could ever be
4) you are direct and though you words are not always what I want
them to be you continually keep on till the point is across - after
a year you have not stopped working to get that across to me
5) you have been here for me despite my bullshit and loved me
even more
6) you make me want to be a better man
7) you have more courage than I ever could. I had to take dope to
survive you survived and kept going
8) you raised three good sons to manhood
9) you have forgiven me all my mistakes and faults and let your love
grow even deeper
10) you have faced me even when my anger threatened you
11) you have defended me so many times, some of those there was no
defense yet you still defended me
12) you have made me feel good about being me even when I didn't
want too
13) you make me happy to wake up in the mornings, or when ever that
may be LOL
14) you have changed my life into a wonderful thing despite my own
protestations
15) you have supported me when I couldn't even face today
16) you have made every day I have been with you more faceable
17) you have made me rethink my on beliefs
18) you have made me want to live and love
19) you have given me songs I love to sing)
20) you have made me want to share my life again
21) you have given me strength when all I felt was weakness
22) you have seen me through my bouts of depression, anger and
resentment and even taken some of my resentments away
23) you have taken my loneliness away
24) you have helped me to see that life is worth living
25) you have taught me that life is not about worth, that it is meant to
be lived, loved and shared
26) you have made me no longer afraid to look in the mirror
27) you have made me face my own fears face to face
28) you have made me face my excuses and get rid of them
29) you have given me confidence in myself even when I wanted to pity
myself and say my life is shit
30) you have taught me that happiness is not based on what I can give
but on the grace that God has given me in having you
31) you have shown me that love cannot be earned or bought that it is
freely given
32) you have taught me the value of just holding you in my arms
33) you have shown me that no matter how hopeless I think things are,
they are never hopeless
34) you got me back into school and working towards a more fruitful life
35) you helped me to realize I am a good and decent man
Not enough yet...well here's more
36) you have made me realize more than ever that I am not who my
family said I was
37) you have shown me that love is stronger than the strongest steel
38) you have shown me that patience is more than a virtue, it is a
necessity
39) you have shown me that Hell is separation from myself as much as a
separation from my God
40) you have helped me to realize that my hatred destroys me first
41) you have taught me that I must be a friend to myself first and
foremost
42) you have made me grateful that I didn't die in my drugs
43) you have shown me I have something to give to others
44) you have shown me that I have something to give myself
45) you have taught me to love myself
46) you have taught me I don't have to be lonely in myself
47) you have taught me that fun doesn't have to cost money
48) you have taught me that I can love truly, madly, deeply
49) you have restored my self-worth
50) you have taught me that honor means in the house first
51) you have shown me that I can't do it all alone, that cooperation with
others wanting my best is what works
52) you have helped me to realize that "I am not all that"; that I am
much much more
53) you have taught me that you don't have to know all the answers to
be happy
54) you have taught me to appreciate what I have
55) you have made me face my limits and work with them
56) you have helped me to realize that I am just now in my prime
57) you have made me realize even when people make mistakes it is
not a reason to go 3 days and not talk
58) you have taught me that understanding and listening is more
important than all the gifts in the world
59) you have taught me that though I am angry I shouldn't let it control
me, that I should direct it to fuel me to work harder and more
effectively
60) you have made me realize that even though my family is sick, I don't
have to be
61) you have taught me that I do love my family that they are worth
knowing and having in my life
62) you have taught me that knowledge is useless unless I use it
63) you have taught me that what works for me today may not work
tomorrow
64) you have taught me that real sensuality is in the heart not the body
65) you have taught me that I need you
66) you have taught me that with my love actions must come to show it
67) you have shown me that I enjoy many things I didn't think I could
68) you have taught me to place others needs in as much a place of
importance as my own
69) you have taught me that no matter how frustrated I get that it is not
reason to just give up
70) you have taught me that I am afraid of many things
71) you have taught me that until I live it my philosophies are just
pretty words
72) you have taught me that even though I think I am honest, I lie to
myself more fully than anyone else can
73) you have taught me the value of friendship in our love
74) you have taught me that even selflessness can be destructive if it is
done without looking at the why's
75) you have shown me that understanding is useless if I don't apply it
76) you have taught me that financial problems are no reason to let go
of the happiness I have
77) you have taught me that open-mindedness is not always my
strong-suit
78) you have taught me that even self-indulgence can be good
79) you have taught me that my sanity is dependant on my acceptance
of all that is in my life, not just the good things
80) you have taught me that my serenity can't be taken but I can sure
throw it away
81) you have taught that though I live by my principles I still must take
into account other's personalities
82) you have taught me that perfection is not even an ideal
83) you have taught me that for love to mean anything it must be
accepted freely
84) you have taught me that even I am less humble that I thought
85) you taught me that humility is more a state of heart than a
knowledge that I am not the one making it all come together
86) you have taught me that despite my belief in my lack of prejudice I
have many prejudices
87) you have taught me that my definition of privacy is more a form of
isolation
88) you have taught me that procrastination and patiently waiting are
sometimes the same thing
89) you have taught me that peace of mind is as elusive as understanding
myself
90) you have taught me that sometimes to understand myself I must first
understand others
91) you have taught me that my self-reliance is a form of insecurity
92) you have taught me that my arrogance is just as destructive to my
being as self-pity
93) you have taught me that some things just don't need to be said
94) you have taught me to never talk or act in my anger
95) you have taught me that my tongue is still a dangerous enemy to self
at times
96) you have taught me that progress is not always moving "forward"
some times it is learning to side step
97) you have taught me that I can bring trouble to myself no quicker
than letting my pain get me to act
98) you have taught me that to belong is nice indeed
99) you have taught me thinking too much is as much a handicap as not
thinking enough
100) you have taught me that I love you
