How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

Librarians are on the front lines of an invisible struggle over our information diet and, for better or worse, the scales are not tipping in their direction.

Oozing charm from every pore He oiled his way around the floor.

Which is the more believable of the two, Moses or China?

Sometimes love is a wound that opens and closes, opens and closes, all our lives.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops.

The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them.

Few things feel as unbelievably great as working out hard.