The Root of Joy

"The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful."-- Brother David Steindl-Rast "The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs."-- Joan Didion "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle"Committing to excellence means sharing the