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One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation.

David Steindl-Rast

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David Steindl-Rast
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: July 12
Monk
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Theologian
Vienna
Austria
Power
Gratefulness
Dissolve
Acknowledged
Alienation
Ties
Gift
Single
Inspirational

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Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.
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Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts.
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Blessing is the lifeblood throbbing through the universe.
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Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.
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Home and journey together constitute the creative polarity of the heart, the two dimensions we must cultivate if we want to 'develop the heart.
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When you focus so much on the word, you tend to neglect the realm of silence.
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As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find a deep joy. It is the joy of trust, the joy of faith in the faithfulness at the heart of all things. It is the joy of gratefulness in touch with the fullness of life.
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A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.
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People who have faith in life are like swimmers who entrust themselves to a rushing river. They neither abandon themselves to its current nor try to resist it. Rather, they adjust their every movement to the watercourse, use it with purpose and skill, and enjoy the adventure.
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The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.
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The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.
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The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.
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Beauty seen makes the one who sees it more beautiful.
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In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.
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