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Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.

Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.

Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

There's always something good to come out of disappointment: Comfort.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.