#332 / Thanks

Mercedes Sosa still sings it best: Gracias a la vida.

Gracias A La Vida
Thanks to life that has given me so much
gave me two eyes, that when opened,
perfectly distinguish black from white
And in the sky above, her starry backdrop,
And from the crowds the man I love 

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It has given me heard in all its breadth
Day and night records, crickets and canaries,
Hammers and turbines and bricks and storms,
And the tender voice of my beloved 

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It has given me sound and the alphabet;
With words that I think and declare:
Mother, friend, brother, and the light shining
The path of the soul from which comes love 

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It has given me to walk with my tired feet
With them I have traversed cities and puddles,
Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains,
And your house, your street and your patio 

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It gave me heart fluttering its frame
When I see the fruit of the human brain,
When I look to good so far from bad,
When I look at the back of your clear eyes 

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It has given me laughter and gave me crying
So I distinguish between joy and pain,
the two materials that form my song,
And your song is my own song,
and the song of All that is my own song 

Thanks to life that has given me so much

Image Credit: 
http://www.getorganizedwizard.com/blog/2011/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-suckinesss/