There seems to be a lot of thankfulness going around this month.  I have been thinking about this a lot lately and thought I would share my Thoughts.

I am thankful for the darkness because without it there would be no sunrise.

I am thankful for the cold because when she is close I can feel her warmth touch me.

I am thankful for sadness because without it I would not understand the meaning of happiness.

I am thankful for the heart breaks when we are young so that we understand the profound meaning of true love.

I am thankful that I have lost a few times in my life so that I feel the deep sense of accomplishment and joy when  I win.

I am thankful for selfish people so that when I am with a true friend I appreciate them like I should.

I am thankful for silence because when I break that silence with my favorite song it is profound and meaningful.

I am thankful for my kids being just a little bit bad sometimes so I remember how good they really are.

I am thankful for Angels that fly to close to the ground.

I could give you many more, but my point is that life is a balance between the good and bad, the happy and the sad, and the good and the evil.  There is not one without the other, or more important we do not appreciate the good things in life if we have never experienced the bad.  Ying is balanced with yang.  Life is not lived in a vacuum.   It is like water and will seek its own level.  Our greatest challenge in life is to slightly tip that balance in the direction of the good things, and the only way we can do that is by our attitude towards those things that we consider bad.