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

The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.

Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts.

Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze. A power failure makes us aware of what a gift electricity is; a sprained ankle lets us appreciate walking as a gift, a sleepless night, sleep. How much we are missing in life by noticing gifts only when we are suddenly deprived of them.

A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it -- that alone can be like waking up from a dream.

From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.

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