In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
“True gratefulness is courage to give thanks for a gift before unwrapping it.” — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
There's opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that's what life is. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratefulness makes us aware of the gift and makes us happy. As long as we take things for granted they don't make… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratefulness is not just saying "thank you." It's acting. It is being yourself. A mother is grateful, shows gratefulness by mothering, a… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift,… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
...One can learn to focus on 'opportunity' as the gift within every given moment. This attitude towards life always improves the situation.… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we can freely… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
“There is a wave of gratefulness because people are becoming aware how important this is and how this can change our world.… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Gratefulness is that fullness of life for which we are all thirsting. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Home and journey together constitute the creative polarity of the heart, the two dimensions we must cultivate if we want to 'develop the heart. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it.… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
Gratefulness makes us aware of the gift and makes us happy. As long as we take things for granted they don't make us happy.… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
Any change in attitude changes the way one sees the world, and this in turn changes the way one acts. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be able to… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
...our happiness hinges not on good luck; it hinges on peace of heart. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
Each one of us is called to become that great song that comes out of the silence, and the more we let ourselves down… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
...One can learn to focus on 'opportunity' as the gift within every given moment. This attitude towards life always improves the situation. Even in… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share
