November 8th | 2026
A warm cup of coffee. A friend who checks in. The chance to tell someone what their kindness meant to you. In his November 8 message at Unity of Daytona Beach, Eric Brook used everyday examples like these to explore how gratitude becomes a spiritual practice.
Eric began with a familiar gesture: saying thank you. A quick thank-you can be sincere. When we pause long enough to tell someone what we noticed and why it mattered, we give them a chance to hear the difference they made.
That same attention can help on difficult days. Eric reflected on his own religious upbringing and asked what he could still appreciate about an experience that had also caused him pain. Both can be true. Something can have hurt us, and there can still be a part of the experience we value.
Eric offered three ways to bring gratitude into the week:
Give thanks in prayer before you know how things will turn out.
Appreciate what you have without measuring it against what someone else has.
Write down three things you’re grateful for in the morning or before bed. Let the ordinary things count.
The service closes with a chance to put the message into practice. Siery Perdomo leads a guided meditation with Nick Phillips, inviting you to bring to mind someone or something you’re deeply grateful for, notice where you feel that gratitude in your body, and imagine sharing it beyond yourself. The meditation is followed by the Lord’s Prayer.
As you watch or listen to Sunday for the Soul, you’re invited to say the affirmation with us: “I am abundantly prospered and divinely blessed.”
