Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

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

Through people that I did know or through things that I did touch, I am connected with everything that ever was and everything that ever will be. Everything hangs together with everything.

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

What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness.

"The root of joy is gratefulness."

A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.