Be Grateful ~ David Steindl Rast

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DAVID STEINDL-RAST
Every moment is a new gift, over and over again, and if you miss the opportunity of this moment, another moment is given to us, and another moment.
We can avail ourselves of this opportunity, or we can miss it and if we avail ourselves of the opportunity, it is the key of to happiness. Behold the master key to our happiness in our own hands. Moment by moment, we can be grateful for this gift. Does that mean, that we can be grateful for everything? Certainly not. We cannot be grateful for violence, for war, for oppression, for exploitation.
On the personal level, we cannot be grateful for the loss of a friend, for unfaithfullness, for bereavement. But I didn't say we can be grateful for everything.
I said we can be grateful in every given moment for the opportunity, and even when we are confronted with something that is terribly difficult, we can rise to this occasion adn respond to the opportunity that is given to us.
(TED, 2013: Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast)