Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don't necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can actually see what it is. And because you can see, you no longer take it for granted.

Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don't necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can actually see what it is. And because you can see, you no longer take it for granted.

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

Gratitude is a feeling of fullness, a recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment.

I learned that you don't have to be saddled for life with the mental attitudes you adopted in early childhood. All of us are free to change our minds, and as we change our minds, our experiences will also change.

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

In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.