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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The Work of Gratefulness
In each of us there is a spark that can reverse the trends of violence and depression spiraling within us and in the world around us. By setting in motion the spiral of gratefulness we begin the journey toward peace and joy.
- David Steindl-Rast
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Nature
My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.
- Oliver Sacks
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Our Success Depends on Others
No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
- Alfred North Whitehead
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Everyday Epiphanies
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life…and the world.
- Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Gratitude is Twofold
Gratitude is twofold – love coming to visit us and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
- Henry Van Dyke
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Touching Heaven
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
- Johannes A. Gaertner
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Choosing Gratitude
Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint.
- Henri Nouwen
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Complete Prayer
A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer.
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Seasons of Our Lives
Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again.
- Katherine May
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The Velvet Red Maple
They say life is a cruel thing, but they haven’t seen the velvet red maple tree in my front yard with the wind in its hair and all the leaves dancing.
- Gabriel Andreas, StoryPeople
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