Thanks!

For perfect sunsets and rainbows,

For delicious food from a well-tended garden,

For golden sunshine through a picture window,

For little children who take our hand to help them walk,

For people we have known who made us smile,

For people we have loved,

For people we love who have passed to the other side and wait for us,

For the innocence of animals and little ones,

For the refreshing goodness of a newly picked peach,

For music that makes us cry,

For hope on a cloudy day,

For rain, especially when it is needed,

For hugs that take the hurt away,

For people who are kind enough to give you rides when the car breaks down,

For winks from someone you admire,

For books that seem to come alive,

For trusted friends,

For the thought of Heaven,

For pain subsiding,

For bruises healing,

For Mothers who mother,

For Fathers who work for less than they deserve and are happy anyway,

For air,

For the miraculous human body,

For changes in the weather,

For butterflies, oceans and all the beauties of nature that take your breath away,

For hearts that feel,

For minds that think,

For cooling, cleansing, amazing, life-giving water,

For warming, lighting, powerful, life-enhancing fire,

For the incomprehensible and unknowable,

For Shakespeare, Bach and Michelangelo,

for starters.