O Divine Gift-giver,
I stand beneath the endless waterfall
of your abundant gifts to me.

I thank you especially for all the blessings of life,
the most precious of all your gifts to me.

I thank you, ever generous One,
for clothing to wear,
for food and drink to nourish my body,
that you have bestowed upon me.

I thank you for the many joys of my life,
for family and friends,
for work that gives to me a sense of purpose
and invests my life with meaning.

I thank you as well
for the sufferings and trial of my life,
which are also gifts
and which, together with my mistakes,
are among my most important teachers.

Grant that I may never greet a new day
without the awareness of some gift for which to give you thanks.

And may constant thanksgiving
be my song of perpetual praise to you.

Father, a needy one stands before you,
I that sing am that one.

Native American Omaha Indian