There cannot be a sense of abundance or the experience of prosperity without appreciation. You cannot find beauty unless you appreciate beauty. You cannot find friendship unless you appreciate others. You cannot find love unless you appreciate loving and being loved. If you wish abundance, appreciate life.
Interpretation
Appreciation is essential for experiencing abundance and beauty in life.
This quote by William R. Miller emphasizes that appreciation is fundamental to recognizing and experiencing the richness of life. Without an attitude of gratitude and the ability to value what we have—whether it's beauty, friendships, or love—we will miss out on the abundance that exists in our lives. The essence is that to truly experience life's wonders and riches, one must first cultivate appreciation and respect for them.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a gratitude workshop to highlight the importance of appreciation.
Whatever you may have to do, watch your mind. Also you must have moments of complete inner peace and quiet, when your mind is absolutely still. If you miss it, you miss the entire thing. If you do not, the silence of the mind will dissolve and absorb all else.
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The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
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Dissonance / (if you are interested) / leads to discovery.
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
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