I Awake With Thanksgiving

Here is a prayer or reflection of thanksgiving for the gift of a new day. Each new day is filled with opportunities for gratitude. As we awake to the light of each new day may we be inspired to bring our gifts of compassion kindness and love into this amazing world that we inhabit? Background music is "A Relaxing Christmas" by Narek Mirzaei of Music of Wisdom

Transcript

I awake with thanksgiving to the light of this new day.

Glory be to God,

Glory be to the universe,

Glory be to nature,

Glory be to whatever I see as the ultimate in this astonishing world.

I pause to ask,

What will I bring to this new day?

What offering will I place on the altar of the world?

Let me first of all bring a sense of wonder,

Taking in all that I can see and hear and feel around me,

Taking this in as if for the first time.

What an amazing thing it is to simply be,

To simply be here.

Then let me be filled with thankfulness for all the gifts of life,

Gifts that I have neither earned nor deserved,

Gifts that I could never earn or deserve.

Let me be filled with gratitude,

Gratitude for life itself,

The miracle which has brought me into being,

Gratitude for the people of my life,

Especially the people responsible for allowing the life of the universe to express itself in me.

I have so much to be grateful for.

I could spend my lifetime giving thanks and still not run out of reasons.

So thank you,

Merci,

Danke,

Grazios,

Obrigado and let the universe express my gratitude in every language that has ever or ever will be spoken.

As I enter this new day,

May I offer gifts of love,

Kindness,

Compassion and understanding everywhere I go.

I do not need a bag or a backpack in which to carry these gifts.

I need just to open the simple container called memory that sits right here within.

Every day brings opportunities to show love.

Every day introduces me to people who need a helping hand in the journey of life.

Let my mind be open to these opportunities so that as this day ends,

As the sun sets once again and as I take my final breath of the day,

May I feel that overall this has been a good day,

That somewhere,

Someone,

Anyone goes to sleep a little easier because I have had the gift of life in this amazing day.

Thank you,

Merci,

Danke,

Grazios,

Obrigado,

Etc.

Again and again and yet again.

Reviews

How wonderful to start the day with amazement and gratitude. Thank you for this beautiful prayer. 🙏

Thank you . I love you! You are blessed and your words incredible!

Thank you for this beautiful and simple but powerful gratitude prayer. Namaste 🙏

What a beautiful meditation. Left me humbled in awe and gratitude. Thank you.

What a lovely challenge... that someone goes to sleep a little easier because of my presence on this earth.

Always beautiful reminders, thank you Tom 🙏🌱❤️🧘‍♀️

Just what I needed to hear today. Thank you, Tony! 💗🙏☺️🦋🌻

Another beautiful thought for living today! Thank you for all your wise advice & wonderful talks. Bless you. 😇🙏💕

Thank you, Tony; Danke for sharing this beautiful and wise reminder. It's so true!

Your thankfulness meditations are so simple and true, Tony. Thank you for them!

That was so lovely. We certainly do have much to be grateful for. Also grateful for you Tony and all your guidance and support. ☮️💖🙏🍀

Tony Thabk you that was lovely 🥰 blessings to you and the family in Dublin. I hope you are doing well. 🙏

Glorious and restorative for a troubled mind. Thank you Tony.

So wonderful, Tony. Margie and I have housegueats now and the 4 of us listened to you outside in nature's beauty. What a wonderful start to another day. Thank you.

Thank you Tony. A beautiful way to start the day. Heartfelt ❤

This was lovely and I will definitely be coming back to it. I did wait with bated breath to hear you say thank you in Irish. Don’t hold back. It’s as grand a language as any of the others and brings its own special gifts. Go raibh míle maith agat, a chara.

Thank you for this short meaningful meditation

Thank you for these beautiful and inspiring words, Tony. They've been a wonderful beginning to my day. Namaste!💖🙏💫