new fortune

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@@ -41282,3 +41282,18 @@ with the number “1.” If I think about society, I must start with myself as
 “number one.”
   -- Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, from "Dzogchen Teachings", published by Shambhala
      Publications
+~
+    One of my favorite quotes from the Buddha is: "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 all be thankful."
+    Gratitude is one of the fruits of living from genuine happiness; at the
+same time, it arises from an inherent seed in our being, a seed that requires
+cultivation.  There's a quote from Meister Eckhart, the Christian mystic, that
+illustrates how important this quality is: "If the only prayer you said in
+your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice." If we truly understood
+the depth of this teaching it would be all we'd need to know.  Unfortunately,
+we can't just tell ourselves to be grateful and expect it to happen, yet it's
+a quality that certainly can be nurtured.
+  -- Ezra Bayda, from "Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment",
+     published by Shambhala Publications