Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Prayer

Lord of all goodness,
how easy it is to forget how much I have been given.

Today I stop to count the gifts:
the air in my lungs,
the people who love me,
the food on my table,
the beauty that surrounds me
— often unnoticed.

Thank you for ordinary miracles:
a kind word from a stranger,
a child's laughter,
the warmth of sunlight on my face.

And thank you too for the harder gifts —
the struggles that shaped me,
the losses that deepened me,
the pain that taught me compassion.

For all of it: thank you.

Amen.