Among Jews, the most commonly known blessing is called the Shecheyanu. It's the blessing said over any new experience: tasting a fruit for the first time in the season, the return of an annual holiday or festival, a new purchase, opening a gift. "Blessed are You, who has kept us alive and has sustained us and has enabled us to arrive to this moment." It is literally a method for keeping things fresh; of recognizing that if we really think about it everything is always new. It's also an acknowledgement that life is a series of moments, of moment pleasures, moment happiness, and that the most significant blessing of all is that we be here to enjoy them.
— Irwin Kula, Yearnings