"To bless a thing is to remind ourselves that this very object is one of God's gifts given to bring us to wholeness of life. Once we understand that, we will also realize that it is the way we respond to things in life that makes us holy. Then nothing is for nothing in our lives. . . .

"Blessing is a way of acknowledging that the God who created us goes on lavishing life upon us all our days. . . .

"Everything in life is a potential blessing. It only depends on how we view it and what we do with it. . . .

"In order to see the blessings in life, we have to get over cursing everything around us. . . .

"Blessings are the way we celebrate the everyday goodness of our lives. By reminding ourselves always of the bounty in which we ourselves are immersed, we save ourselves from the burden of coveting the lives of others. . . .

"We are often blessed in ways we can't imagine. Instead of getting what we want, we get what we need. The problem is that it takes longer to understand that what we didn't want is precisely what, in the end, was best for us. . . .

"Blessing is one of the ways that God makes the presence of God known here and now. . . ."