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What amazes me is that before we can count we are taught to be grateful for what others do. As we are broken open by our experience, we begin to be grateful for what is, and if we live long enough and deep enough and authentically enough, gratitude becomes a way of life. -- Mark Nepo

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Gratitude lights up what is already in our lives. You don’t necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can actually see what is. And because you can see, you no longer take it for granted. -- M.J. Ryan

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Let’s feel the magic of these two little, BIG words, “thank you.” -- Ardath Rodale

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Gratitude is the memory of the heart; therefore forget not to say often “I have all I ever enjoyed.” -- Lydia Child

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If you haven’t got all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you don’t want. -- Anonymous

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Gratitude births only positive feelings – love, compassion, joy, and hope. As we focus on what we are thankful for, fear, anger, bitterness simply melt away, seemingly without effort. -- M.J. Ryan

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In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline. -- Daphne Rose Kingma