Thinking

Thinking



I sat down one afternoon

And reflected upon my years

I thought about how much I've seen

I thought about all the tears


I thought about my weakened heart

How love has been so unkind

I thought about men I've loved and lost

And the times I've been left behind


I thought about how I've been betrayed

How lies caused so much confusion

I thought about how I've come to believe

That trust is just an illusion


I thought about my family

How much pain and hardship we've beared

I thought about how much they've meant to me

No one else has ever compared


I thought about times I've gone without

And tried even harder to gain

I thought about how I wanted sun

But often times just got rain


Then I thought about all the people

Who bared all of this with me

I thought about the kindness of strangers

And how what will be will be


Then I thought about smiling

When I realized I've been so strong

I thought about how through every trial

Strength kept me happy all along


Then I thought about thinking

And how the sadness had clouded my brain

I thought to myself, Count your blessings

And never once again thought of pain