#david steindl-rast

[entheognosis]

[lunamarish]

La gratitudine è la chiave per una vita felice, perché se non siamo grati, allora non importa quanto abbiamo, non saremo felici, perché vorremo sempre avere qualcos'altro o qualcosa di più.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Maurice Denis - Saint George and the Dragon (1910)

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Ian Sanders 

“Monastic contemplatives have staked out a clearly limited area to be transformed by contemplation: the monastery.

Lay contemplatives face the challenge of transforming the whole world.”

~ David Steindl-Rast

[maslimanny]

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.

[kamala-laxman]

Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift. David Steindl-Rast

[symphonyoflovenet]

…it is not happiness that makes us grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes us happy.

David Steindl-Rast

[pointandshooter]

“A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.” - David Stiendl-Rast

photos: David Castenson

[branddmc]

"It is not happiness that makes you grateful.

It is gratitude that makes you happy."

-David Steindl-Rast