Dear God:

    I want to thank you for what you have already done.
    I am not going to wait until I see results or receive
rewards, I am thanking you right now.
    I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look
better, I am thanking you right now
    I am not going to wait until people say they are sorry or
until they stop talking about me, I am thanking you right now.
    I am not going to wait until the pain in my body
disappears, I am thanking you right now.
    I am not going to wait until my financial situation
improves, I am going to thank you right now.
    I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and
the house is quiet, I am going to thank you right now.
    I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or
until I get the job, I am going to thank you right now.
    I am not going to wait until I understand every experience
in my life that has caused me pain or grief, I am going thank you
right now.
    I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or
the challenges are removed. I am thanking you right now.
    I am thanking you because I am alive.
    I am thanking you because I made it through the day's
difficulties.
    I am thanking you because I have walked around the
obstacles.
    I am thanking you because I have the ability and the 
opportunity to do more and do better.
    I am thanking you because you have not given up on me.