gift thanks

everybody's writing stories

let yours be a 'thank you' book—through every breath and bone

let your eyeblinks, heartbeats, footsteps, lungsongs, give thanks

for pollen dust and leaf spines

for the cells that compose music like you and me

tiny thank you’s

thank!

big thanks, like for rainforest soup--steamy and diverse

or for star map, sky pokes who light our path

big thanks like for your best relationship, a friend or a sister, a spouse or a child. thank for that relationship without which you may not be alive

thank!

don't forget the things we forget to notice

the warm sunlight hugging kitchen counter in late afternoon

the dew dotting grass blade in first day click

ocean waving

the constant symphony composed by birds in backyard (don't let them be without an audience!)

thank!

don't forget the things we take for granted

health, home, clothes, food, friends, family, oxygen, sleep, running water, indoor plumbing, electricity, technology, cars, rain

thank!

what about the things that hurt, the splinters and the S shaped spine, the grief and the sneezes, mold and mosquitoes--the things that don't feel good

give thanks in all circumstances, no matter what, always

the spring shines because of months of snow

and who are we to thank for the good and not the hard

thank…

count one, two... six hundred four! oh the blessings we have!

number your gifts and you will never be dry

thank!

we're all writing a story

let it be a dance of gratitude

a movie showing every gift

there is always something to be grateful for

the little

the big

the things that go unnoticed

the things taken for granted

take a moment and list what you have

write it down

paste it somewhere you see

thank, count, smile

BURST with thanks!

truly, there are too many gifts to number

choose, to see the good, in all

thank God!

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22