Gratitude: Giving Thanks

God, thank You for the gift of wonder.
For eyes that behold in color.
For imagination: seeing a mushroom made from a jellyfish atop a rock;
envisioning a couple where one opens for embrace but the other turns away;
sensing the fearless eagerness with which a chihuahua puppy approaches a Great Dane for play.
God, thank You for creation—
its unbelievable delicacy,
mystery
and form.
Thank You for the ability to hear the ocean’s rhythmic surf
and to marvel at every creature,
large or small.
Thank You for simplicity,
complexity
and the revelation of Light. Amen.

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