“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift. … Whatever life gives to you, you can respond with joy. Joy is the happiness that does not depend on what happens. It is the grateful response to the opportunity that life offers you at this moment.”
An Austro-American Benedictine monk, author and lecturer, now 96-year old Brother David Steindl-Rast was formed by 20th-century catastrophes.
Privations he experienced in youth during the Second World War were magnified by the tensions of him being one-fourth Jewish.
Deeply committed to inter-faith dialogue, Brother David co-founded in 2000 A Network for Grateful Living, an organization dedicated to gratefulness as a transformative influence for individuals and society. The organization offers practices and resources for those seeking a more awake, joyful, and meaning-filled life.
Listen to his beautiful short video reflection on living a grateful day at: www.newpilgrimpath.ie.