One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation.

The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.

Gratitude 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.

As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. What happens here is a spiraling ascent, a process of growth in ever expanding circles around a steady center.

"The root of joy is gratefulness."

If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.

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