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Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.
David Steindl-Rast
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David Steindl-Rast
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: July 12
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