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Poetry: Gratitude


We wear no crown of thorns

We have not been scourged by Pilate

Or carried a heavy wooden cross

From Gethsemane to Golgotha.


We dip our bread in wine at dawn

And feast at dusk with the setting sun.

Yet, we weave a mat of complaints

Crying out about unfulfilled desires

And carnal pleasures that would

Make even Epicureans catch their breath.


But, life is not an orgy of hedonism

And pleasure is not a god to be worshipped.

Therefore, as we reflect on our gifts today,

Let us learn to rise at dawn

With the trumpet of the cock

And resolve to discover a new gratitude.


This is the gratitude of opportunity

And joy in the opportunity to serve.


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