It was only when I became aware of all the gifts I had received that I asked who the giver was. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 926-927).
An attitude of gratitude?
A waste of time. We know our gifts,
our luck, our good fortune.
Why should we list them,
even write them down?
Often the same things day by day
give us joy. We know what they are.
But what about that God of your understanding...
or the god you really don't understand.
If that Power is giving you good things,
even if it's a sunny day seven days in a row
or the person you get to ride to work beside
or your family or friends...
You're lucky enough to receive them
and to name them one by one,
day after day, may remind you who Power is
and how much he shows his love for you
in his benevolence.
A waste of time. We know our gifts,
our luck, our good fortune.
Why should we list them,
even write them down?
Often the same things day by day
give us joy. We know what they are.
But what about that God of your understanding...
or the god you really don't understand.
If that Power is giving you good things,
even if it's a sunny day seven days in a row
or the person you get to ride to work beside
or your family or friends...
You're lucky enough to receive them
and to name them one by one,
day after day, may remind you who Power is
and how much he shows his love for you
in his benevolence.
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