Making Is a Form of Gratitude

Steve Jobs

One of the ways to express your appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put it out there.

There’s lots of ways to be, as a person.
And some people express their deep
appreciation in different ways.

But one of the ways that I believe
people express their appreciation
to the rest of humanity is to
make something wonderful and
put it out there.

And you never meet the people.
You never shake their hands.
You never hear their story or tell yours.
But somehow, in the act of making
something with a great deal of care
and love, something’s transmitted there.

And it’s a way of expressing to the rest
of our species our deep appreciation.
So we need to be true to who we are and
remember what’s really important to us.

—Steve Jobs, 2007