"Do you give thanks for this? -- or that?" <br />No, God be thanked <br />I am not grateful <br />In that cold, calculating way, with blessing ranked <br />As one, two, three, and four, -- that would be hateful. <br /> <br />I only know that every day brings good above" <br />My poor deserving; <br />I only feel that, in the road of Life, true Love <br />Is leading me along and never swerving. <br /> <br />Whatever gifts and mercies in my lot may fall, <br />I would not measure <br />As worth a certain price in praise, or great or small; <br />But take and use them all with simple pleasure. <br /> <br />For when we gladly eat our daily bread, we bless <br />The Hand that feeds us; <br />And when we tread the road of Life in cheerfulness, <br />Our very heart-beats praise the Love that leads us.<br /><br />Henry Van Dyke<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gratitude/
