“Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted. ”
― Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day
― Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day
“The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
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“Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.”
― Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings
― Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings
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