Every normal breath you took today was mercy you didn’t ask for.

Nothing about breathing required your attention today, which is why it never registers as a gift. Mercy is not only the dramatic rescue, it is the ordinary continuation of things that nobody guaranteed you. You did not negotiate for this morning and you will not negotiate for tomorrow.

Take one slow breath on purpose today and let it be a thank you to God. No words are needed for that to count. Ordinary things become visible the moment you treat them as given rather than owed.