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I'm Grateful (Song #458 HATS CD)

from Home Across The Sea (Full Album) by Mark Shepard

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About This Song: (Lyrics Below)

This is a love song directly to the Unity Church of Albany NY community. Unity is a “New Thought” church in alignment with teachings from the East as well as the West.

One of the basic principles that I find so attractive is the idea that we can actually change our lives by changing how we think. It’s just a great fit for me.

Even though I was raised in the Presbyterian church, majored in Religion at Manhattanville college, and even attended Princeton Theological Seminary for a year, for many, many years I wouldn’t go near a church.

A lot of my songs though are “spiritual” just not “religious”. This is one of them. In my practice as a hypnotherapist & trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), I encourage (and sometimes demand) my clients and students focus on what they are grateful for in their lives.

Not because it’s “nice” or “positive” but because it shifts their focus away from stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol to “feel good hormones” like endorphins. Give it a try TODAY!

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I Am Grateful
Song # 459 11/15/2012 | CD: Home Across The Sea

I am grateful for the people who challenge me to grow
And for all the friends who I may not yet know
I am grateful for the lessons that I thought were mistakes
That looking back were really very lucky breaks

Refrain:
I am grateful. I am grateful. I am grateful for You
I am grateful. I am grateful. I am grateful for You

I am grateful for the food upon my table
and the water that enables me to stay strong and able
I am grateful for the people who wrote the books I read
That helped me through my days and nourished me like bread

Refrain:

I am grateful for these times, which may not be the best
But they surely aren’t the worst and I look forward to the rest
I am grateful for the air which we all must share
And gravity as well, even all the times I fell

Refrain:

I am grateful for the love I feel within this place
And the hope that I still have for the human race
I’m grateful for the days that I may still have to grace
My beloved Mother Earth with the sun upon my face

Refrain:

© 2012 by Mark Shepard.

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from Home Across The Sea (Full Album), released June 1, 2021

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Mark Shepard Albany, New York

Welcome to my “Life In Song” project.

Since 1976, I’ve been obsessively and compulsively writing songs. Some of them are inspired by my own life, my attempts to understand love, life, spirituality, peace and justice.

While I recently have started to get a little recognition, you’ve probably never heard my songs ANYWHERE.

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