“For the earth we give thanks: may we respect it, enjoy it, and hand it on unspoiled.
For living beings we give thanks: may we reverence them, wonder at them, and share the world with them as best we can.
For children we give thanks: may we love them, guide them, and let them go when the time comes.
For grown-ups we give thanks: may we suffer them, forgive them, and try to do better ourselves.
For ourselves we give thanks: may we know them, confront them, and learn that they are worth loving.
For God we give thanks: whoever, whatever, He, She, or It may be, for without God there would be nothing to give thanks for, nothing to give thanks.”
Cliff Reed, retired Unitarian minister, quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection
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