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.

At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now.

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.

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

The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone - that is pure hope, rooted in the heart.

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

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