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.
