"The essence of all beautiful art is gratitude.” – Friedrich Nietzche

One of the great mystics, Meister Eckhart, once wrote, "If the only prayer we ever utter to God is 'Thank you" that is enough."

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.” - Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.” - Anne Lamott

As we draw closer to Thanksgiving, thoughts invariably turn to giving thanks for the many gifts in our lives.

"If the only prayer we ever utter to God is 'Thank you" that is enough." - Meister Eckhardt