Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.
Interpretation
Gratitude fosters awareness and appreciation for the present and the wonders of life.
This quote by Thomas Merton emphasizes the importance of gratitude in our lives. It suggests that true gratitude requires an active engagement with the world, prompting us to recognize and appreciate the beauty around us. Rather than taking things for granted, a grateful attitude allows us to continuously discover new wonders, leading to a more fulfilling and mindful existence.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a gratitude journal workshop to encourage participants to reflect on their experiences.
The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear the means of grace the way they do not fear sin. And he does so, not by light but by obscurity, not by realities but by shadows; not by clarity and substance, but by dreams and the creatures of psychosis. And men are so poor in intellect that a few cold chills down their spine will be enough to keep them from ever finding out the truth about anything.
Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny....To work out our identity in God.
Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.
You are made in the image of what you desire.
But if you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for.
I have the immense joy of being man, a member of a race in which God Himself became incarnate. As if the sorrows and stupidities of the human condition could overwhelm me, now that I realize what we all are. And if only everybody could realize this! But it cannot be explained. There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.
People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.
You grow most in your areas of greatest strength. You will improve the most, be the_x000D_ _x000D_ most creative, be the most inquisitive, and bounce back the fastest in those areas_x000D_ _x000D_ where you have already shown some natural advantage over everyone else your strengths. This doesn't mean you should ignore your weaknesses. It just means_x000D_ _x000D_ you'll grow most where you're already strong.
The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one who has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.
To write is human, to edit is divine.
By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
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