Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.

- David Steindl-Rast

Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.

- David Steindl-Rast

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be hap…

- David Steindl-Rast

We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be heal…

- David Steindl-Rast

Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze. A power fai…

- David Steindl-Rast

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 alivene…

- David Steindl-Rast

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

- David Steindl-Rast

There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a…

- David Steindl-Rast

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

- David Steindl-Rast