“At the last, this is what will determine a fulfilling, meaningful life, a life that, behind all the facades, every one of us longs to live: gratitude for the blessings that expresses itself by becoming the blessing.”

“A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.”

“Grace is alive, living waters. If I dam up the grace, hold the blessings tight, joy within dies... waters that have no life.”

“What is time for if not to bless?”

“I am blessed. I can bless.”

“Life-changing gratitude does not fasten to a life unless nailed through with one very specific nail at a time.”

“Losses do that. One life-loss can infect the whole of a life. Like a rash that wears through our days, our sight becomes peppered with black voids. Now everywhere we look, we only see all that isn’t: holes, lack, deficiency.”