Thank You

Thank you for the sun,
Thank you for the moon,
Thank you for the wind,
Thank you for the earth,
Thank you for the warmth,
Thank you for the joy,
Thank you for the love,
Thank you for the laughter,
Thank you for the tears,
Thank you for the lonliness,
Thank you for the sadness,
Thank you for the cold,
Thank you for it all.
For without sadness,
can you truly know joy?
Every coin has two sides.
Together they reside,
and together they create life.
We cannot rid our lives of the undesirable,
we can, however, chose to focus,
each and every day,
on the sides we like and love.
We can nurture and encourage them.
We keep all the power,
we hold all the coins.
Our gift is to flip them over,
to see the love, laughter, joy,
and warmth - the light.
I smile at the darkness,
knowing it cannot hide the light from my heart for long,
I just need to re-adjust my focus...

~ kim zalepa, 2010