Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.

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

Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual.

Blessing is the lifeblood throbbing through the universe.

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.

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.

As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find a deep joy. It is the joy of trust, the joy of faith in the faithfulness at the heart of all things. It is the joy of gratefulness in touch with the fullness of life.