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.

Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers.

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

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

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

Each string of a wind harp responds with a different note to the same breeze. What activity makes you personally resonate most strongly, most deeply?

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.