Be grateful

We always have something 
to be grateful for, 
our family and friends 
whom enrich our lives 
with their words of kindness 
and their deeds of unconditional love.
We may at times be low in spirit, 
feel we cannot carry on, 
but we are grateful for the person 
who will put sunshine in our lives. 
Raise our sprits with their words 
and plant a smile on our face.
Being grateful comes with no obligations 
except to treat another 
in a similar way. 
Give them a lift in their lives, 
plant a smile on their face, 
then we will be grateful for 
the good that we can do.
We should never turn away 
that little cry for help, 
but be grateful that they came to us 
to help them through their crisis. 
Hoping one day, 
they might do the same for us.