I say grace

“You say grace before meals.
All right.
But I say grace before the play and the opera,
And grace before the concert and pantomime,
And grace before I open a book,
And grace before sketching, painting,
Swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing;
And grace before I dip the pen in the ink.”

-G.K. Chesterton

With many thanks to Hilary, for pointing me to these beautiful lines.  Perfect timing given that gratitude has been very much on my mind lately.