What have you been given that you haven't thanked yet?
18 responses
I’ve been given you—
in late night calls and quiet screens,
in miles that should’ve broken us
but somehow turned to dreams.
I’ve been given your patience,
the way you stay, you choose,
even when the distance hurts
and there’s so much we could lose.
And I don’t say it enough—
don’t stop and really see…
that what I’ve been given all this time
is you loving me.
faded fern
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM UTC
Unfortunately,
everything.
I should be doing
better than that.
late lantern
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM UTC
everything.
in my life,
everything
seems to just have been
handed
to me.
yet i forget.
i forget that
everything i have
was at the expense of something else.
i wish
that i
can be
more
grateful.
gentle badger
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM UTC
i give thanks for the music. i give thanks that i am not religious. and i give thanks to the cheesemakers that make brie that i can eat with some crackers
moonlit ivy
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM UTC
I rescued a friend from the ungraetful clutches of a coward I knew
He didn't care about us not in the way he thought he did
Until it was too late until his doubt festered
Over six years of little trust turned into resentment
But I am to blame for taking away a friend
Thank goodness I left
small elm
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC
I quietly thank everyday for the torment of light I carry in my shadow
An angel or a careful hazard -
I feel it in every smile or kind thought or gesture
It must have been an angel beside me right there
When I was born
gentle garden
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM UTC
I was given the knowledge that I am thought of when I am not present.
How can this give me an even stronger sense of self than my own actions?
'We hardly know ourselves if we know nobody else.'
faded cedar
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC
I was never grateful
for what I have now—
parents who love me endlessly,
without them, I would
never be here.
My little sister,
who lends her shoulder
no matter what.
My beautiful family,
still standing,
still holding me together.
The human mind is never enough.
It forgets what it has
and complains about
what it doesn’t.
Life is simple—
appreciate the little things
while you still have them.
Because one day,
there will be nothing left of you
but bones and ashes
in the ground
gentle stone
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC
I am a Christian and owe all things to God. I am thankful for my life, family and every day I thank him for blessing me with all things great and small.
drifting stoat
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
All things of this world are gifts
Given, granted graciously by God
And yet often we forget to thank Him
For everything He has given us
So thank You, Almighty Lord of the Heavens and the Earth
For my family, myself
For my food, my shelter
And for the simple ability to breathe
still heron
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM UTC
My life is a blessing
That I sometimes forget
Isn't mine.
So I thank God
Today
Tomorrow
Until the day I die.
faded meadow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC
How strange.
An atom of nothingness
made apparent, unfolding.
Two lungs and a heart
tucked beneath a dome of bone.
Guts made to house butterflies,
Lines of feeling written across skin.
Two eyes, two ears, maybe two choices;
To gaze, or to be gazed upon.
All this, then of flesh
wrapped in you, and all of you.
Flesh made to ponder
why a likeness like you
Was borne life.
golden field
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC
She gives me her hand,
gives me her shoulder to rest upon,
gives me her laughter,
gives me her love
I only hope that thank you
is enough for
all that she's done
and a promise to love her
always
tiny lark
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTC
You know I can tell you without hesitation that there is nothing I didn’t thank Him for. I say thanks for literally every little thing everyday. Even for the things I don’t have cause only He knows why… yes people should be more thankful no matter what.
slow moss
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 6:08 AM UTC
I've never thanked
my parents for
my life, my smiles,
my happiness,
each achievement of mine—
behind everything,
they are there,
because without them
there'd be no life
and without it
no smiles, no happiness,
no achievements,
or anything.
lonely swallow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:13 AM UTC
Don't know, always tried to be thankful all I have been given. Little things as well as large things,Sometimes I forget my life is borrowed and the earth where I live is temporary. I guess you would say life in general can sometimes make one unthankful as it's hard to deal with and you can wish for death to come. Yet one does not really want to die. Thoughts can change in an instant and then you wonder why you thought that at all. Then you are thankful for every breath.
wide shore
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM UTC
I have not given thanks for my marriage and husband.
When you young you dream of marriage being a bed of roses.
But alas it was a bed of thorns
So it was very hard to give thanks in this area.
One may forgive.
But forgetting is a different story
blue thrush
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM UTC
The quiet gift arrives
without ceremony,
a breath you didn’t earn,
a kindness left on your doorstep
by the day itself.
You carry it lightly,
almost forgetting
it was given at all.
Today, let your thanks
catch up to it,
an ordinary god
waiting patiently
to be named.
kindly hollow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC
I’ve been given you—
in late night calls and quiet screens,
in miles that should’ve broken us
but somehow turned to dreams.
I’ve been given your patience,
the way you stay, you choose,
even when the distance hurts
and there’s so much we could lose.
And I don’t say it enough—
don’t stop and really see…
that what I’ve been given all this time
is you loving me.
faded fern
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM UTC
everything.
in my life,
everything
seems to just have been
handed
to me.
yet i forget.
i forget that
everything i have
was at the expense of something else.
i wish
that i
can be
more
grateful.
gentle badger
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM UTC
I rescued a friend from the ungraetful clutches of a coward I knew
He didn't care about us not in the way he thought he did
Until it was too late until his doubt festered
Over six years of little trust turned into resentment
But I am to blame for taking away a friend
Thank goodness I left
small elm
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC
I was given the knowledge that I am thought of when I am not present.
How can this give me an even stronger sense of self than my own actions?
'We hardly know ourselves if we know nobody else.'
faded cedar
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC
I am a Christian and owe all things to God. I am thankful for my life, family and every day I thank him for blessing me with all things great and small.
drifting stoat
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
My life is a blessing
That I sometimes forget
Isn't mine.
So I thank God
Today
Tomorrow
Until the day I die.
faded meadow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC
She gives me her hand,
gives me her shoulder to rest upon,
gives me her laughter,
gives me her love
I only hope that thank you
is enough for
all that she's done
and a promise to love her
always
tiny lark
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTC
I've never thanked
my parents for
my life, my smiles,
my happiness,
each achievement of mine—
behind everything,
they are there,
because without them
there'd be no life
and without it
no smiles, no happiness,
no achievements,
or anything.
lonely swallow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:13 AM UTC
I have not given thanks for my marriage and husband.
When you young you dream of marriage being a bed of roses.
But alas it was a bed of thorns
So it was very hard to give thanks in this area.
One may forgive.
But forgetting is a different story
blue thrush
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM UTC
Unfortunately,
everything.
I should be doing
better than that.
late lantern
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM UTC
i give thanks for the music. i give thanks that i am not religious. and i give thanks to the cheesemakers that make brie that i can eat with some crackers
moonlit ivy
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM UTC
I quietly thank everyday for the torment of light I carry in my shadow
An angel or a careful hazard -
I feel it in every smile or kind thought or gesture
It must have been an angel beside me right there
When I was born
gentle garden
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM UTC
I was never grateful
for what I have now—
parents who love me endlessly,
without them, I would
never be here.
My little sister,
who lends her shoulder
no matter what.
My beautiful family,
still standing,
still holding me together.
The human mind is never enough.
It forgets what it has
and complains about
what it doesn’t.
Life is simple—
appreciate the little things
while you still have them.
Because one day,
there will be nothing left of you
but bones and ashes
in the ground
gentle stone
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC
All things of this world are gifts
Given, granted graciously by God
And yet often we forget to thank Him
For everything He has given us
So thank You, Almighty Lord of the Heavens and the Earth
For my family, myself
For my food, my shelter
And for the simple ability to breathe
still heron
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM UTC
How strange.
An atom of nothingness
made apparent, unfolding.
Two lungs and a heart
tucked beneath a dome of bone.
Guts made to house butterflies,
Lines of feeling written across skin.
Two eyes, two ears, maybe two choices;
To gaze, or to be gazed upon.
All this, then of flesh
wrapped in you, and all of you.
Flesh made to ponder
why a likeness like you
Was borne life.
golden field
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC
You know I can tell you without hesitation that there is nothing I didn’t thank Him for. I say thanks for literally every little thing everyday. Even for the things I don’t have cause only He knows why… yes people should be more thankful no matter what.
slow moss
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 6:08 AM UTC
Don't know, always tried to be thankful all I have been given. Little things as well as large things,Sometimes I forget my life is borrowed and the earth where I live is temporary. I guess you would say life in general can sometimes make one unthankful as it's hard to deal with and you can wish for death to come. Yet one does not really want to die. Thoughts can change in an instant and then you wonder why you thought that at all. Then you are thankful for every breath.
wide shore
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM UTC
The quiet gift arrives
without ceremony,
a breath you didn’t earn,
a kindness left on your doorstep
by the day itself.
You carry it lightly,
almost forgetting
it was given at all.
Today, let your thanks
catch up to it,
an ordinary god
waiting patiently
to be named.
kindly hollow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC
I’ve been given you—
in late night calls and quiet screens,
in miles that should’ve broken us
but somehow turned to dreams.
I’ve been given your patience,
the way you stay, you choose,
even when the distance hurts
and there’s so much we could lose.
And I don’t say it enough—
don’t stop and really see…
that what I’ve been given all this time
is you loving me.
faded fern
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM UTC
i give thanks for the music. i give thanks that i am not religious. and i give thanks to the cheesemakers that make brie that i can eat with some crackers
moonlit ivy
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM UTC
I was given the knowledge that I am thought of when I am not present.
How can this give me an even stronger sense of self than my own actions?
'We hardly know ourselves if we know nobody else.'
faded cedar
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC
All things of this world are gifts
Given, granted graciously by God
And yet often we forget to thank Him
For everything He has given us
So thank You, Almighty Lord of the Heavens and the Earth
For my family, myself
For my food, my shelter
And for the simple ability to breathe
still heron
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM UTC
She gives me her hand,
gives me her shoulder to rest upon,
gives me her laughter,
gives me her love
I only hope that thank you
is enough for
all that she's done
and a promise to love her
always
tiny lark
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTC
Don't know, always tried to be thankful all I have been given. Little things as well as large things,Sometimes I forget my life is borrowed and the earth where I live is temporary. I guess you would say life in general can sometimes make one unthankful as it's hard to deal with and you can wish for death to come. Yet one does not really want to die. Thoughts can change in an instant and then you wonder why you thought that at all. Then you are thankful for every breath.
wide shore
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM UTC
Unfortunately,
everything.
I should be doing
better than that.
late lantern
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM UTC
I rescued a friend from the ungraetful clutches of a coward I knew
He didn't care about us not in the way he thought he did
Until it was too late until his doubt festered
Over six years of little trust turned into resentment
But I am to blame for taking away a friend
Thank goodness I left
small elm
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC
I was never grateful
for what I have now—
parents who love me endlessly,
without them, I would
never be here.
My little sister,
who lends her shoulder
no matter what.
My beautiful family,
still standing,
still holding me together.
The human mind is never enough.
It forgets what it has
and complains about
what it doesn’t.
Life is simple—
appreciate the little things
while you still have them.
Because one day,
there will be nothing left of you
but bones and ashes
in the ground
gentle stone
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC
My life is a blessing
That I sometimes forget
Isn't mine.
So I thank God
Today
Tomorrow
Until the day I die.
faded meadow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC
You know I can tell you without hesitation that there is nothing I didn’t thank Him for. I say thanks for literally every little thing everyday. Even for the things I don’t have cause only He knows why… yes people should be more thankful no matter what.
slow moss
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 6:08 AM UTC
I have not given thanks for my marriage and husband.
When you young you dream of marriage being a bed of roses.
But alas it was a bed of thorns
So it was very hard to give thanks in this area.
One may forgive.
But forgetting is a different story
blue thrush
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM UTC
everything.
in my life,
everything
seems to just have been
handed
to me.
yet i forget.
i forget that
everything i have
was at the expense of something else.
i wish
that i
can be
more
grateful.
gentle badger
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM UTC
I quietly thank everyday for the torment of light I carry in my shadow
An angel or a careful hazard -
I feel it in every smile or kind thought or gesture
It must have been an angel beside me right there
When I was born
gentle garden
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM UTC
I am a Christian and owe all things to God. I am thankful for my life, family and every day I thank him for blessing me with all things great and small.
drifting stoat
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
How strange.
An atom of nothingness
made apparent, unfolding.
Two lungs and a heart
tucked beneath a dome of bone.
Guts made to house butterflies,
Lines of feeling written across skin.
Two eyes, two ears, maybe two choices;
To gaze, or to be gazed upon.
All this, then of flesh
wrapped in you, and all of you.
Flesh made to ponder
why a likeness like you
Was borne life.
golden field
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC
I've never thanked
my parents for
my life, my smiles,
my happiness,
each achievement of mine—
behind everything,
they are there,
because without them
there'd be no life
and without it
no smiles, no happiness,
no achievements,
or anything.
lonely swallow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 5:13 AM UTC
The quiet gift arrives
without ceremony,
a breath you didn’t earn,
a kindness left on your doorstep
by the day itself.
You carry it lightly,
almost forgetting
it was given at all.
Today, let your thanks
catch up to it,
an ordinary god
waiting patiently
to be named.
kindly hollow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC