Nature’s beauty can be fleeting — but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day.

“The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”

― David Steindl-Rast