I Have Been Blessed By So Much Poem by Shalom Freedman

I have been blessed by so much
I thank God
I could have been alone all my life
I could never have loved
I could never have had children
I could never have had grandchildren
I could never have lived in Israel in Jerusalem
And see the Jewish people come to freedom again
I could never have had a single book
I could never have had so much time
To write and think
I could never have found so much pleasure in life
And known so many good people
And loved and been loved by a precious few
I have been blessed by so much
I thank God.