Receiving a gift can certainly make you feel appreciated and cared for. Then again, so can the gift of a warm smile, a hug, or words of support or appreciation.
What is your favorite way to receive appreciation from others? What is your favorite way to express your appreciation?
“Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.” – Theodore Roosevelt
What do you do in gratitude for what you have been given, or in gratitude for what others have done?
Giving thanks is a spiritual discipline that depends on continued practice—being grateful not just for the great successes or near escapes, but also for all the day to day small gifts of life.
What is your spiritual discipline of gratitude?
“’Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”
― Alice Walker
How do you offer prayers of thanks?
We are taught as parents to praise our children’s efforts, rather than any particular quality or gift. But sometimes we all need the complete, blanket affirmation that a beloved pet gets when we murmur how good they are, and how loved.
Where do you find unconditional affirmation? Where do you offer it?
