Turning the “not enough” into overflowing 

Gratitude

[instrumental intro]

[Verse 1] 

I woke up breathing, sun on the wall 

Coffee still warm, your name when you call 

Nothing dramatic, no fireworks in the sky 

But I felt it hit me, I’m lucky to be alive 

[Verse 2] 

Traffic was crazy, bills on the floor 

Still found a reason to smile at the door 

One little moment, the way that you looked at me 

Turned ordinary into something holy 

[Pre-Chorus] 

It’s not the big wins, it’s the quiet kind 

The mercy we’re given one day at a time 

[Chorus] 

Gratitude, falling like summer rain 

Washing the worry right out of my veins 

Every heartbeat is singing Your name 

Gratitude, gratitude 

Turning the “not enough” into overflowing 

Gratitude, gratitude 

Is the song my soul keeps on knowing 

[Verse 3] 

I used to chase tomorrow, run from yesterday 

Missed every miracle standing right in my way 

Now I stop, I notice, I let myself feel 

How sweet it is that this life is real 

[Verse 4] 

Tell them you love them before the night falls 

Write it, speak it, answer the call 

‘Cause time is a river and we’re only here for a while 

But love and thank you can make it worthwhile 

[Pre-Chorus] 

It’s not the big wins, it’s the quiet kind 

The mercy we’re given one day at a time 

[Chorus] 

Gratitude, falling like summer rain 

Washing the worry right out of my veins 

Every heartbeat is singing Your name 

Gratitude, gratitude 

Turning the “not enough” into overflowing 

Gratitude, gratitude 

Is the song my soul keeps on knowing 

[instrumental solo]

[Bridgel] 

Thank You for the morning, thank You for the night 

Thank You for the broken that still turns out right 

Thank You for the laughter, thank You for the tears 

Thank You for every one of my years 

[Final Chorus] 

Gratitude! Like a fire that won’t burn out 

Gratitude! Is what this life’s about 

Every breath is a reason to shout 

Gratitude, gratitude 

I’m never too lost and I’m never too late 

To stand in the miracle and say 

Gratitude… gratitude… 

This is the song my soul will sing always 

[Outro] 

Thank you… thank you… 

For this beautiful day 

Thank you… thank you… 

Gratitude will stay

[instrumental outro]

1. Gratitude rewires your brain for joy 

  Neuroscientists have found that regularly practicing gratitude increases activity in the prefrontal cortex and boosts dopamine and serotonin—the very chemicals responsible for feeling good. People who keep a daily gratitude journal show measurable increases in happiness within just two weeks. You’re literally training your brain to scan the world for the good.

2. It turns what we have into enough—and more 

  As the poet Rumi said, “Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.” Gratitude doesn’t deny pain or difficulty; it simply enlarges the frame so that even in hardship, you can still find pockets of light. Suddenly “enough” becomes abundance.

3. Gratitude is the fastest shortcut to presence 

  When you pause to truly feel thankful for the warmth of coffee in your hands, the sound of a loved one’s laugh, or the fact that your heart is still beating—you drop out of anxiety about the future and regret about the past. You land, fully, in this moment. That is peace.

4. It makes other people glow—and come closer 

  When you tell someone specifically what you appreciate about them (“I’m so grateful for how you always listen without trying to fix me”), you light them up from the inside. Relationships deepen instantly. Gratitude is emotional superglue.

5. Grateful people are resilient people 

  Studies on everyone from 9/11 survivors to cancer patients show that those who could still find things to be thankful for—even tiny ones—suffered less PTSD, depression, and despair. Gratitude doesn’t make bad things good; it makes you unbreakable in the middle of them.

6. It’s the one habit that keeps giving compound interest 

  The more you practice gratitude, the more reasons you find to be grateful. It’s a virtuous spiral. One sincere “thank you” today plants the seed for ten tomorrow.

7. You don’t need more to be happy—you need to notice what you already have 

  Brother David Steindl-Rast, the Benedictine monk, says: “It is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.” Happiness isn’t a reward you get later; it’s available right now, the moment you decide to see.

8. Gratitude turns ordinary days into quiet celebrations 

  A Tuesday morning with nothing special scheduled suddenly becomes sacred when you notice the sunlight on the kitchen table, the fact that your body carried you out of bed again, the miracle that people you love are still breathing somewhere on this planet.

9. It’s the ultimate antidote to comparison and envy 

  When your heart is full of appreciation for your own life exactly as it is, someone else’s highlight reel loses its power over you.

10. In the end, a grateful life is a well-lived life 

  People on their deathbeds almost never say, “I wish I’d bought more stuff” or “I wish I’d won more arguments.” They say, “I wish I’d let myself be happier” and “I wish I’d told people I loved them more.” Gratitude is the daily practice of doing both—right now, while there’s still time.

So the most uplifting truth of all might be this: 



You don’t have to wait for perfect conditions. Every single day—messy, imperfect, ordinary, or hard—already contains a thousand quiet reasons to whisper “thank you.” 

And every time you do, you add another drop of light to your life and to the world.

Start with just one today. 

You’ll feel the difference before the sun sets.