Musicians Nimo Patel and Daniel Nahmod brought together dozens of people from around the world to create this beautiful, heart-opening melody. Inspired by the 21-Day Gratitude Challenge, the song is a celebration of our spirit and all that is a blessing in life. For the 21 Days, over 11,000 participants from 118 countries learned that “gratefulness” is a habit cultivated consciously and a muscle built over time.
As a famous Roman, Cicero, once said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” This soul-stirring music video, created within a week by a team of volunteers, shines the light on all the small things that make up the beautiful fabric of our lives.
Written and produced by Nimo Patel and Daniel Nahmod.
Verse 1: You’re my life, You’re my breath, You’re a smile You’re my guest You’re the earth You’re the sun You’re the grass You are love You’re my hands You’re a bug You’re my eyes You’re a hug You’re the light In the dark You’re the spark You are fun You’re my mom You are water You’re the stars You’re my daughter You’re my friend Till the end You’re my dreams You’re my father You’re the ants on the ground The miracles that surround I’m feelin’ it all around The hemisphere and the clouds You’re my pain you’re my sorrow You’re my hope for tomorrow You’re the strength when I’m hollow You’re the path that I follow You’re the blessings that exist The small things that are bliss The gift to realize that Everything is a gift
Chorus: All that I am All that I see All that I’ve been and all that I’ll ever be Is a blessing It’s so amazing And I’m grateful for it all, for it all
Verse 2: You’re the blessings Every time I try to count, You’re the lessons That l learn Every time I turn around, You’re the water when I’m burned Every time I think I’ve found Everything I’m looking for, You’re the sign sayin’ Stop to take a bow And keep moving forward And start looking towards your heart, it’ll open all the doors And only then you’ll start To hear the world sing in chorus With your mind and heart Aligned in purpose Everything will feel gorgeous
Chorus: All that I am All that I see All that I’ve been and all that I’ll ever be Is a blessing It’s so amazing And I’m grateful for it all, for it all
Breakdown 1: Every day I sit and pray Cuz what I have is More than I deserve Or could ever imagine How do I give back To all of this magic And spread the love So everybody can have it Doesn’t matter if I’m rich or poor If I gotta family or if I’m all alone Bad things happen I can just complain and moan But there’s a million things that I can be grateful for
Breakdown 2: So I lift up my hands now And I open my heart And my gratitude goes out To everything near and far Final Chorus: Everything I am And everything I see Everything I hope And everything I dream Everything I feel And everything I be I Look deep down And feel all the blessings /I’m grateful for it all It’s amazing All that I am All that I see All that I’ve been and all that I’ll ever be Is a blessing Its so amazing And I’m grateful for it all, for it all
Outro: You’re the blessings that exist The small things that are bliss The gift to realize that Everything is a gift
Being able to experience a feeling of gratitude is good for health, protects us from negative emotions like bitterness and envy, helps in building social ties that have a fundamental role in our wellbeing. Gratitude is contagious, generates a positive attitude, pushing ourselves to help others and others to be supportive. People want to feel in communion with their own kind, connected and evaluated positively by others. Therefore, the expression of gratitude can foster a sense of social appreciation and encouragement to make other pro-social actions. Gratitude is also being studied by psychologists and scholars of organization to understand the power that can have for the quality of work collaborations. The studies suggest that cultivate and show others a sense of gratitude strengthens organizational ties, the sense of belonging and the spirit of cooperation, in short, it positively influence the working climate.