"Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn’t die;
so, let us be thankful."-

The Buddha

From Words of Gratitude: For Mind, Body, and Soul by Robert A. Emmons and Joanna Hill, © 2001. Reprinted by arrangement with Templeton Foundation Press, Philadelphia, www.templetonpress.org.