The warmth of sunlight On my face When chill winds Start to blow The song of sparrows Soothing me Are miracles, I know The simple things I overlook Oh Lord, please help me see I take for granted Many Things With such complacency I offer up this Prayer to You With heartfelt gratitude Remind me if I should forget I owe everything to You Karen Shaw Matteson © 2001

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." Anne Frank: "I do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains. Go outside into the fields, nature and the sun, go out and seek happiness in yourself and in God. Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself within and without you and be happy." William Faulkner: "Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all." Calvin Coolidge: "We have been a most favored people. We ought to be a most grateful People. We have been a most blessed people. We ought to be a most thankful People."

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