Trumping Grief?

I am still sitting in the news of little Joseph Peabody and this afternoon remembered a friend posting one of her favorite poems.  I remember the first line was love and gratitude trump grief.  Is this possible?  I believe so...and want to share this poem with you.

Redemption

Love and gratitude trump grief.

Life is not always easy

It hums along, sweet and low-key

And then the tsunami- real or imagined,

Wipes our smug snugness away

Devastated by loss, we weep,

We gnash teeth, we grieve, we're angry

At God, at life, at lack of control.

We regain calm, then lose it, lose it, lose it.

Slowly, slowly, normalcy returns,

Creeping back in like the daily tide.

The dawning of another day,

Bereft of the old, but blessed with the new,

First shows itself in the smiling eyes

of dear friends, still here, still offering love.

Life after all is worthwhile

And love and gratitude trump grief.

-Tina Tessina