The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone - that is pure hope, rooted in the heart.

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

The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone - that is pure hope, rooted in the heart.

Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.

Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual.

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

Any change in attitude changes the way one sees the world, and this in turn changes the way one acts.