Like a warm blanket, life wraps itself around me
I thank my legs
For their strength
I thank my skin
For persistently healing
I thank the weak parts of me
For trusting again and again
I thank the strong parts of me
For the resolve and for the stubborn courage
I thank the night
For solace and reprieve
I thank the morning light
For dancing over my eyelids
I thank the sadness
For deepening my heart
I thank the mystery
For making me trust
I thank the desert
For making me desperate
I thank the water
How quickly it can heal
I thank life
For its relentless, undeterred nature
Above all,
I thank my Lord
For all of this
And that the deepest and truest parts of me can believe in the things that I cannot fully understand, master or express.