Gratefulness

I am grateful for:
The beginning of life,
The first human,
Man's cleverness and inventiveness,
Medicine and its cures,
Poetry, art and its insights,
Humor and emotion.
 
I am grateful for:
Plants and the flowers they produce,
Rain that nourishes them,
Flowing water,
Butterflies, bees, and birds,
Food and its sources,
Blue sky and white clouds,
Mountains and mountain tops,
The silhouette of trees against the sky.
 
I am grateful for:
Sounds,
Ocean and surf,
Flying pelicans in formation,
Rivers and streams,
Fish and fowl.
Air we breathe.
Cold, warm, and hot weather,
The rainbow and color palette,
Pine trees and rocks.
Roaring waves,
Beaches, sand and sun.
 
I am grateful for:
Life guards, seagulls, tracks in the sand,
Quietness, music, mirth,
Running, seeing, feeling, talking, thinking,
Bodies that sustain,
Pain that warns and instructs,
Tiredness and sleep.
 
I am grateful for:
Parents who conceived and cared,
Family and ties that bind,
Infants and their smiles,
Couples in love,
A kiss from a spouse and their "I love you."
 
I am grateful for:
Laughter and joyful conversations,
Women and men and shapely bodies,
Baths and perfumes.
Friendliness from strangers,
Walking on the beach,
Athletes and their determination.
 
I am grateful for:
Technology that assists us,
The scientific method,
Leonardo , Einstein, and all who practiced it.
Religion, mysticism and all those who practiced them,
Society, schools, relationships, and their historical precedents.
 
I am grateful for:
God and this moment,
Infinite wisdom and love,
The universe and myriad forms,
Wonder and curiosity,
The Mystery of not-knowing,
My true nature.
Space, which contains all,
Time, which organizes it.
 
I am grateful for all that I am,
All that is, and
All that can be.