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I HAVE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR
101 THINGS I AM THANKFUL FOR
By Uriah J. Fields
1. I am thankful for God, the Cosmic Source
2. I am thankful for Jesus, God's one and only Son
3. I am thankful for the Holy Spirit, my 24/7 Guide
4. I am thankful for my God-consciousness
5. I am thankful for love, my loving and being loved
6. I am thankful for God's grace that is sufficient.
7. I am thankful for my faith that allows me to trustingly surrender
8. I am thankful for opportunities that are numerous and worthwhile
9. I am thankful for my creativity that I express in myriad ways
10. I am thankful for my discernment to make healthy decisions.
11. I am thankful for my lifetime of good health
12. I am thankful for my singing, music the and songs I compose
13. I am thankful for my insatiable desire to do creative writing
14. I am thankful for provisions that include food, clothing and shelter
15. I am thankful for protection, self-defense capabilties and safety
16. I am thankful for having self-control and discipline
17. I am thankful for being an American and my African descent
18. I am thankful for government, federal, state and local
19. I am thankful for spirituality that transcends all religious faiths
20. I am thankful for Religion and Religious Institutions
21. I am thankful for Education and Educational Institutions
22. I am thankful for my ongoing pursuit of knowledge
23. I am thankful for my uniqueness and idiosyncrasy
24. I am thankful for my embracing of process self-discovery
25. I am thankful for my possessing enlightenment and wisdom
26. I am thankful for the enjoyment that makes life worth living
27. I am thankful for my peace with God, the world and myself
28. I am thankful for my ability to practice living in the now
29. I am thankful for my ability to remember and reminisce
30. I am thankful for my practice of having time for silence
31. I am thankful for my daily request for divine guidance
32. I am thankful for beauty that is within me and surrounds me
33. I am thankful for challenges that empower me to do better
34. I am thankful for nature and her magnanimous offerings
35. I am thankful for seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
36. I am thankful for animals, fowls and vegetation
37. I am thankful for bees and butterflies and kindred creatures
38. I am thankful for serendipity, the unexpected blessings I receive
39. I am thankful for my present and past residences
40. I am thankful for my twenty year-old automobile
41. I am thankful for my television, telephone, facebook and twitter
42. I am thankful for my computer, the internet and personal website
43. I am thankful for the City of Charlottesville where I now reside
44. I am thankful for people who have been special for me
45. I am thankful for my friends and intimates, past and present
46. I am thankful for water, oceans, rivers, lakes and streams
47. I am thankful for the recognition I receive from other people
48. I am thankful for the good I am able to share with other people
49. I am thankful for my attitude of gratitude
50. I am thankful for the sermons and lectures I listen to and deliver
51. I am thankful for fire and the benefits it offers
52. I am thankful for rain, wind and snow
53. I am thankful for my ancestors, including those from Africa
54. I am thankful for my parents and grandparents who nurtured me
55. I am thankful for my siblings, their spouses and children
56. I am thankful for prayers others offer for me and those I offer
57. I am thankful for the Mutuality Philosophy which I embrace
58. I am thankful for my acceptance of change
59. I am thankful for my appreciation for humor and laughter
60. I am thankful for my bodily intake, digestion and elimination
61. I am thnkful for the investment made in my actualization needs
62. I am thankful for God's mercy and the mercy I extend to others
63. I am thankful for my appreciation for work and play
64. I am thankful for having patience and knowing "it came to pass."
65. I am thankful for the promises made to me and kept
66. I am thankful for the cosmos, sky, sun, moon and stars
67. I am thankful for imagination and fantasy
68. I am thankful for the arts, science and mathematics
69. I am thankful for medicine and medical practitioners
70. I am thankful for knowing how to use the power I possess
71. I am thankful for being able to engage daily in physical exercise
72. I am thankful for being able to experience life as a celebration
73. I am thankful for my sex life, love-making and orgasms
74. I am thankful for my standing inviolate of my character
75. I am thankful for the diversified venues I frequent and find meaning
76. I am thankful for legacies that can be used to foster goodness
77. I am thankful for time: clock time calendar time and timelessness
78. I am thankful for healing received and delivered by me
79. I am thankful for being able to sleep and rest
80. I am thankful for the birth of the newborn human
81. I am thankful for my offering of compassion and empathy
82. I am thankful for the unique impact of my paternal Grandfather on me
83 I am thankful for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
84. I am thankful for the three Civil Rights Acts enacted in the 1960s
85. I am thankful for my ability to forgive and receive forgiveness
86. I am thankful for my ceaseless hope that won't let me quit
87. I am thankful for the good and righteous that outweigh the bad
88. I am thankful for my commitment to the practice of community
89. I am thankful for my being happy most of the time
90. I am thankful for good leadership, including that I provide
91. I am thankful for the joy people experience when I play the harmonica
92. I am thankful for the deceased and alive souls who nourish me
93. I am thankful for the resilient efficacy that I possess
94. I am thankful for my willingness and that of others to fight for justice
95. I am thankful for being able to ask for pleasure without fear
96. I am thankful for having self-respect and extending respect to others
97. I am thankful for my role in creation that is in the making still
98. I am thankful for benefits I receive from asking "So what?"
99. I am thankful for my longevity that has exceeded four score years
100. I am thankful for the good death that awaits me
101. I am thankful for Eternity, the eternal now and the eternal forever.
A THANK YOU GOD LITANY
By Uriah J. Fields
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O gracious and Holy God, in your presence and with thankful hearts we
offer to You this Sacrament of gratitude:
We acknowledge You as the giver of all good things and the bestower
of our manifold blessings:
We are aware that Your goodness is great and our blessings are
too many for us to enumerate one-by-one.
Yet, O God in this prayer of thanksgiving, at this particular time,
we want to thank You for some specific gifts You have showered
upon us:
We begin with life, our lives, we are still among the living, The
health and strength that we possess, The food, clothing, shelter
and safety we enjoy today and have enjoyed in days gone by.
For all these we joyfully proclaim, not just with our
mouths but with our lives, Thank You God.
We are mindful of the compassion we have known, Our
mother's tender-loving care expressed in more ways than we
can say, The strength and protective eyes of our fathers,
The knowledge and wisdom we have received from teachers
in schools and beyond the school walls, The ministers and
spiritual leaders who proclaimed good news to us and by their
examples let us know how to be responsible and live righteous
lives, Our playmates who helped us to know the beauty of
laughter and how to be spontaneous; The moving stories we
have heard, sometimes sad but mostly happy ones, that
helped us to better know the storytellers and understand
ourselves; Those from many walks o f life who revealed to
us the power of faith, hope, love and prayer, The tears we
have shed, both tears of joy and tears of sorrow; For the
suffering that has empowered us in ways that only suffering
can, making us strong and able to endure life's challenges.
For all these we joyfully proclaim, not just with our
mouths but with our lives, Thank You God;
We have confidence and assurance that You who have
brought us this far is not going to leave us now or as long
an we exercise faith and hold fast the gift of salvation.
We know Who You are and Whose we are; You are our
Father; In your presence we will abide and with eternal
hope claim victory.
For all these we joyfully proclaim, not just with our
mouths but with our lives, Thank You God.
And so it is. Amen.
Copyright 2014 by Uriah J. Fields
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