We can't wait until everything is OK-with us or with the rest of the world-to feel thankful, or we will never experience joy at all.

Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.

... the major rule in the American belief system - that anyone can do anything ... is a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters mediocrity. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.

Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment.

We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go.

As any gardener will tell you, the cycles of nature require patience...Even a fast-growing vegetable like a radish requires time.

People teach what they most need to learn.