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Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. in the past i always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now i realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. the discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all i am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.
-Henri Nouwen
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Gratitude Goes Beyond The 'mine' And 'thine'

Henri Nouwen
Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. in the past i always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now i realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. the discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all i am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.
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