thankful

"O Lord and Maker of all things, from whose creative power the first light came forth, who looked upon the world's first morning and saw that it was good. I praise You for this light that now streams through my windows to rouse me to the life of another day.

*I praise You for the life that stirs within me; 

*I praise You for the bright and beautiful world into which I go; 

*I praise You for earth and sea and sky;

*I praise You for scudding cloud and singing bird; 

*I praise You for the work You have given me to do; 

*I praise You for all that You have given me to fill my leisure hours; 

*I praise You for my friends;

*I praise You for music and books and good company and all pure pleasures. Amen."

~John Baillie