Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

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

One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation.

In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.

He wouldn't tell me his story about getting the Bronze Star until I was 18. He wasn't one to blow his own horn.

He had his dose of war in Korea. He thought that by joining the Air Force it would allow him to stay in one place. The Air Force afforded him the luxury of being in San Antonio for 10 years.