GRATITUDE

To awaken me I need no alarms

A new day has dawned after a night of calm.

The sunlight streams from the open window

Through the transparent drapes it finds its way indoor

There is a multitude of things I need to be ever grateful for

Things which I take for granted, which many may not have by far

Each day I will think of something to thank the Creator

And that way I will teach myself to end my bicker

Today I am grateful for being able to ‘see’

The beauty of God’s hand all around me

I stop for a moment and think of the blind

Who see the world through another’s mind.

I join my hands in grateful Prayer

And look heavenward to the One who’s there

Then I thank Him for giving me ‘sight’

And all the other privileges which make my life a delight.

By Mariette Ross