First and foremost,
My daily waking thought/prayer:

"Today is September 18, 2010.
There was never any assurance - let alone guarantee - that I would see this day.
Yet here it is.
And I am here.
And I am deeply grateful."

Gardener

"My soul, be satisfied with flowers,
With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them
In the one garden you may call your own."
Cyrano deBergerac