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

Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.

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

As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find a deep joy. It is the joy of trust, the joy of faith in the faithfulness at the heart of all things. It is the joy of gratefulness in touch with the fullness of life.

...our happiness hinges not on good luck; it hinges on peace of heart.

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.