“. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.”

“...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.”

“there is no joy without gratitude”

“The truist indication of gratitude is to return what you are grateful for.”

“And if our lives are but a single flash in the dark hollow of eternity, then if, but for the briefest of moments, we shine - then how brilliantly our light has burned. And as starlight knows no boundary of space or time, so too, our illumination will shine forth throughout all eternity, for darkness has no power to quell such light. And this is a lesson we must all learn and take to heart - that all light is eternal and all love is light. And it must forever be so.”

“Helping others carries its own rewards, the first of which is a return to humanity.”

“It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins.”