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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Gratitude
Grateful
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Preoccupation
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