Your Gratitude Burst – 2010 12 20
“I don’t believe in the phrase ‘guilty pleasure.’ Pleasure by definition has no guilt, for pleasure is a feeling pleased, happy, gratified and content. One shouldn’t feel guilt while experiencing happiness and contentment.”
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It reminds me of well-meaning parents who tell their kids to
be grateful because “There are children in Africa who don’t have half the privileges you enjoy.” Maybe you have heard or even have spoken these words yourself.
Your Gratitude Burst – 2010 12 19
“Say Yes to Life. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”
Read MoreShow Gratitude As You Love Yourself and Others Unconditionally
When was the last time you loved without hesitation or caution? Feeling gratitude at a deep emotional level should also be expressed without hesitation or caution!
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“Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no matter how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles.”
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The Somerville, N.J., resident has been keenly attuned to the blessings in his life since he was a teenager and his family fell on hard financial times. More recently, when Taubman, who also writes the blog AllAboutGratitude.com, lost his mother to small-cell lung cancer, he says he went through one of the toughest periods in his life.
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