O God, I thank You for this day of life
for eyes to see the sky
for ears to hear the birds
for feet to walk amidst the trees
for hands to pick the flowers from the earth
for a sense of smell to breathe in the sweet perfumes of nature
for a mind to think about and appreciate the magic of everyday miracles
for a spirit to swell in joy at Your mighty presence everywhere.
- Marian Wright Edelman
Oh, Lord, I thank you for the privilege and gift
of living in a world filled with beauty and excitement and variety.
I thank you for the gift of loving and being loved,
for the friendliness and understanding and beauty
of the animals on the farm and in the forest and marshes, for the green of the trees, the sound of the waterfall, the darting beauty of the trout in the brook.
I thank you for the delights of music and children,
of other people's thoughts and conversation and their books to read by the fireside or in bed with the rain falling on the roof
or the snow blowing past outside the window.
- Louis Bromfield
I thank God for most this amazing day;
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings
