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.
David Steindl-RastGratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we can freely choose in order to create a better life for ourselves and for others. The Nigerian Hausa put it this way: Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.
David Steindl-RastThe root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
David Steindl-RastOne single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation.
David Steindl-Rast