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Appreciation Quotes

    “What keeps our faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music, and books, raising kids—all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Lacking any other purpose in life, it would be good enough to live for their sake.”

    Garrison Keillor, via Sunbeams (Page 107)

      “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

      Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, via Sunbeams (Page 91)

        “So much has been given to you. Do you deserve it? Have you earned it? Existence goes on pouring so much over you that to ask for more is just ugly. That which you have received, you should be grateful for it. And the most beautiful thing is that when you are grateful, more and more existence starts pouring over you. It becomes a circle: the more you get, the more you become grateful; the more you become grateful, the more you get… and there is no need to end it, it is an infinite process.”

        Osho, Courage (Page 190)

        Leonard Nimoy Quote on Sharing and the Miracle of Thanks∙Giving

          Leonard Nimoy Quote on Sharing and the Miracle of Thanks∙Giving

          “The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.”

          Leonard Nimoy

          Beyond the Quote (328/365)

          Happy Thanks∙Giving. One of my favorite holidays where we give∙thanks. When you look closely at the name you’ll notice an important observation about thanks—it must be given. And from what I’ve learned about gratitude, I’d even go so far as to say that thanks is only real when it’s given. Thanks is not something that can be taken, nor is it something that can be arbitrarily absorbed. It isn’t something that manifests itself when we go through the motions of a feast or a gathering. And it isn’t something you just walk into. Thanks is something that must come through you.

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