Dengan melakukan tiga rutin sederhana tersebut, David Steindl-Rast, seorang bruder pertapa dari Kongregasi Benedictine, meyakini bahwa kita akan mengikuti siklus kesadaran seperti ini. Compassionate hearts (hati penuh berkepedulian) akan tumbuh dan berkembang pada waktu kita memiliki kapasitas bersyukur: being grateful.
If you're grateful, you're not fearful.
If you're not fearful, you're not violent.
If you're grateful, you act out a sense of enough, so you are willing to share.
If you're grateful, you're enjoying the differences between people and you're respectful to anybody.