Little Things

Dear God, please give to me

A thankful heart for little things –

For sunshine on my kitchen floor,

For news the postman brings…

Grant me appreciation

Of small joys that are mine –

The children’s birthday parties,

My honeysuckle vine;

The clean, fresh smell

Of clothes just washed;

The ivy on my wall

The children’s thrilled delight

To wake and find the first snowfall.

For robins in the springtime,

And autumn’s crispy weather-

For leaves that crunch;

Friends in for lunch

And laughter shared together.

I do not ask contentment

That would ambition stay –

But let me love the little things

I find along the way.

Helen Lowrie Marshall