Prayer for happiness

Mmm-mmm Sometimes we ask the heavens for more But we don’t see the light we’re already holding Mmm-mmm Be grateful for what you have Be grateful for what you have That heavy job you’re tired of working Is someone’s prayer in the dead of night Somebody woke up with no tomorrow While you still walk into morning light That restless child who keeps on crying Keeping you from sleep again Somewhere in a house too quiet Someone would give the world for that sound again Your home may not be a castle Just four plain walls around your name But to the soul out in the cold wind It would feel like heaven just the same We keep looking higher, higher And forget to look below At the bread, the peace, the roof above us At the things we may not always know Be grateful for what you have while it’s with you While the sunrise finds your door While the sky above is blue and open While you’re breathing one day more Be grateful for what you have, don’t wait for losing Just to learn what’s always true What feels small in your hands today Is what somebody begs God to give back too That little money you’ve been saving Is a dream to someone drowning deep in debt They would trade their fear and sleepless nights For the quiet evening you forget Your health may not be perfect But you still rise to meet the day Somebody counts each fragile breath Like shadows slowly slipping away And the mistakes God kept in silence Hidden from the judging crowd Are the dream of someone fallen Whose whole world broke beneath the shame out loud We don’t call mercy mercy While it’s sitting by our side But life don’t ask for permission It can change before the morning light Be grateful for what you have while it’s with you While the sunrise finds your door While the sky above is blue and open While you’re breathing one day more Be grateful for what you have, don’t wait for losing Just to learn what’s always true What feels small in your hands today Is what somebody begs God to give back too Your quiet sleep is someone’s dream In a land where the night burns red Your food, your water, your peaceful table Would feel like mercy and daily bread That calm inside, that simple “I’m alright,” A day with no gunfire in the air Somebody’s crying out to heaven On a war-torn ground in despair Nobody knows what comes tomorrow Nobody holds time in their hand So hold the ones beside you closer And whisper thanks while you still can Be grateful for what you have while it’s with you While the sunrise finds your door While the sky above is blue and open While you’re breathing one day more Be grateful for what you have before it’s too late While love still beats inside your chest Everything you hold is also a miracle Don’t lose it on the road ahead Be grateful for what you have While you can still see the light Be grateful for what you have Tomorrow may not look like yesterday