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Gratitude

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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognising and appreciating what we do have -Fredrick Koeing

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The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you - John E. Southard

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Once I only thanked Santa Claus for a few dolls and crackers, now I thank him for stars and street faces and wine and the great sea. Once I thought it delightful and astonishing to find a present so big that it only went halfway into the stocking. Now I am delighted and astonished every morning to find a present so big that it takes two stockings to hold it, and then leaves a great deal outside: it is the large and preposterous present of myself, as to the origin of which I can offer no suggestion except that Santa Claus gave it to me in a fit of peculiarly fantastic goodwill - G.K.Chesterton, http://www.gratefulness.org/readings/dsr_chesterton.htm

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May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more - traditional Irish blessing

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I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, he said to me, "You must not ask for so much." And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?" - Leonard Cohen, Bird on the Wire

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others - Cicero

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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs - Joseph Stalin

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Gratitude can have such a powerful impact on your life because it engages your brain in a virtuous cycle. Your brain only has so much power to focus its attention. It cannot easily focus on both positive and negative stimuli. It is like a small child: easily distracted. Oh your tummy hurts? Here's a lollipop. So you lost your job? Isn't it wonderful we're having KFC for dinner? On top of that your brain loves to fall for the confirmation bias, that is it looks for things that prove what it already believes to be true. And the dopamine reinforces that as well. So once you start seeing things to be grateful for, your brain starts looking for more things to be grateful for. That's how the virtuous cycle gets created - The Grateful Brain - Alex Korb http://exp.lore.com/post/38237354141/gratitude-can-have-such-a-powerful…