Tuesday, January 25, 2022

gratitude makes us joyful


We tend to misunderstand the link between joy and gratefulness. We notice that joyful people are grateful and suppose they are grateful for their joy. But the reverse is true: Their joy springs from gratefulness.

If one has all the good luck in the world, but takes it for granted, it will not give one joy... it is not joy that makes us grateful, it is gratitude that makes us joyful.


David Steindl-Rast

Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood by Wayne Muller. Touchtone. 2002. p.129

No comments:

Post a Comment