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
...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
Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
We can't really waste our time; we have to see that we are all in the same boat and that different religious… — 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
At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
The challenge is to learn to respond immediately to whatever it is time for. Not to wonder whether you have time for… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we… — 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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
...our happiness hinges not on good luck; it hinges on peace of heart. — 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
