When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.

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.

Never quit trying.

They have no idea what a bottomless pit of misery I am.

Are men like babies? Is trying to distract them a better tactic than asking them to behave reasonably?

Men? One never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult.

Do your little bit of good where you are

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

Only speak words that make souls stronger.

When you spend seven years of your life working on something that youre really passionate about, and other people end up loving it, too, that just makes all of the work worthwhile.

Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk?

The God who guides the stars, unhasting and unresting, will as assuredly fulfill what He has promised.