Thank You

Sitting in quiet contemplation of Life,
I realise that it has ups and downs,
And in its grand cyclic nature,
I experience its fullness.

Thank you for the joy,
Thank you for the pain,
Thank you for the peak experiences I will always remember,
Thank you for the despondent moments I will never forget.

For only I could have borne it,
And so I did, and no one else,
My life is uniquely my own experience,
And I realise now that it is not even my own.

So I dedicate my every breath,
To the enlightenment of all beings,
Breathing in all that is,
And exhaling out to infinity.

It all fades into emptiness.