So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

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Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

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The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical experience, insight and the resulting wisdom many are strong at the broken places just like mended broken bones often are, and some people even have the great insight to be grateful for the purifying fire.

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Gratitude grows from a seed called grace. If you're not grateful you might still be trying to earn what God freely gives.

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

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There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control. _ Leo Buscaglia

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Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being. ― Josef Stalin

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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity. ― Paulo Coelho

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