Instead, it cretaing
those feelings of gratitude by learning that we all have unique privileges that not everyone gets to experience.
For example, I may evoke
feelings of gratitude by saying, «Thanks be to God.»
Not exact matches
Every honest Jew who knows the history
of his people can not but
feel a deep sense
of gratitude to Islam, which has protected the Jews for fifty generations, while the Christian world persecuted the Jews and tried many times «
by the sword» to get them to abandon their faith.
When, in February, I wrote a piece about Anna Foa's research in my Catholic Herald blog, I added that I was still mystified
by the hardening
of Jewish opinion against Pius XII in the aftermath
of Hochhuth's play Der Stellvertreter, which had depicted him virtually as a Nazi collaborator, given that the universal
feeling expressed
by Jews immediately after the war was one
of gratitude and warmth towards Pope Pius.
It is the man and the woman to whom the act remains, each time, as fresh and beautiful, as it was the first time, who are able to sustain and perpetuate their first sense
of its glory in the midst
of the sober or bleak or sordid realities
of day to day life, and who can
feel, afresh each time, a boundless
gratitude for each other and for this blessed source
of sweetness and strength — it is they who are the truly «virgin», the truly pure and chaste; and (on the Humanist hypothesis) it is they who are the remnant selected
by grace to be the true and spiritual seed
of the risen Christ.33
When given a chance to pray before our colleagues, we often
feel the need to cover every cause, name every country, and in a marathon
of self - righteousness, write every last vestige
of prayerfulness out
of prayer
by making it not a moment to confess dependence and
gratitude, but the closing argument
of a self - nominated saint.
Let me say then that to be received into, made an integral part
of, and gladly employed
by God for his own wonderful enrichment and for the enhancement
of his working in the creation, is a destiny such that we can
feel nothing other than
gratitude and delight in its prospect.
All churches were linked with the mother - church
of Jerusalem
by a
feeling of gratitude, which showed itself in the voluntary contribution
of alms (e.g. Acts 11:29 - 30, Rom.15: 26 - 27), and
by a recognition
of the authority attaching to the original community which contained the acknowledged leaders
of the Church (Gal.
And once again, in that moment, as happens in many moments
of every single day, I
felt full
of gratitude for this man I have
by my side, fathering as he does, with so much love.
I've found so much comfort in simply
feeling gratitude that I was able to share 18 years
of my life with my brother, and I am further comforted
by pulling out all
of the love, laughter, and happiness he brought into my life during that time.
A recent study out
of the University
of Georgia found that another essential ingredient to lasting love is
gratitude; those who
feel appreciated and valued
by their spouse may
feel more committed to their marriage and have a more positive outlook overall.
Now,
feel gratitude —
gratitude by thinking
of all the things that you are thankful for — your ego will move out
of the way.
Bit
by bit, Jennifer strengthened her optimism through daily exercises
of feeling gratitude and noticing the joys she had in her life.
This downloadable tip list, adapted from work
by Karen Reivich, PhD, University
of Pennsylvania, and Jeffery Froh, PsyD, Hofstra University, features simple acts and activities that parents can use with children to help them
feel and express
gratitude.
When teachers
feel valued and are made aware
of the
gratitude felt by students, staff and parents, they're more likely to stick around.
We propose when teachers
feel valued and are made aware
of the
gratitude felt by students, staff and parents, they're more likely to stay in the profession.
Similarly, the servant has been co-opted
by a life
of leisure, a
feeling of gratitude.
If you're part
of that special club in any capacity, you'll often
feel the
gratitude and appreciation being directed your way
by everyday members
of the public, as well as a host
of business owners who can offer you more than just their thanks for serving your country.
I was surprised
by the emotion
of gratitude that I
felt when experiencing the people, the countries, and the incredible animals and nature up close and personal!
I never imagined the over-whelming
feeling of gratitude — for those wise, dedicated and fearless individuals in our past that have helped to change life as we know it, raw courage — from those who looked opposition in the face and stood
by their beliefs and values, as well as the pulsating energy that rose up through its walls
of all those who believe that to make a change it takes but one individual to start a movement.
Cassavetes gave his actors the option to do nothing, and reassured them that the consequence
of their inaction wouldn't be held against them, and would be accepted
by him, and
by the film, with
gratitude for their naturalness, «Anyone can sit down and have a drink in a natural way if you don't force them to do things they don't really
feel... what is needed between actor and director is a mutual understanding
of human problems.»
The people who themselves slept poorly, in turn, picked up on that lack
of gratitude and
felt less appreciated
by their partners.
We offer our sincere
gratitude to W.W. Norton & Company: Chapter 1 is excerpted from The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power
of Feeling Safe © 2017
by Stephen W. Porges.
You could start
by making a list
of your positive qualities, making affirming statements about yourself, keeping a
gratitude journal, or doing something that help you
feel confident in yourself (like signing up for a cooking or art class, going dancing with friends, or writing a kind note to someone).
In the study, they found that we
feel thankful for our partner when they're responsive towards our needs, which in turn, motivates us to respond
by attending to their needs, producing a
feel - good cycle
of gratitude.
He was struck
by a
feeling of immense
gratitude for where he was in my life.
The
gratitude I
feel truly goes beyond words... the only way I can pay back all
of what you do for me is
by asking for health and many Blessings to you.