Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.

Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.

By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction.

We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be healthy, to have enough to eat. ... There's opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that's what life is.

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now.

One can learn to focus on "opportunity" as the gift within every given moment. This attitude towards life always improves the situation. Even in times of sickness, someone who habitually practices grateful living will look for the opportunity that a given moment offers and use it creatively.