Always Grateful

In the movie, Annie Hall, Woody Allen observes: “I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.  That’s the two categories.  The horrible are like, I don’t know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled.  I don’t know how they get through life.  It’s amazing to me.  And the miserable is […]

“What soon grows old?  Gratitude.” Aristotle, DIOGENES LAERTIUS, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, bk. V, sec. 18. This makes sense.  Do you find it difficult to be grateful for the same blessings experienced day after day?  In order to receive our gratitude, shouldn’t each day be required to produce something more and better than the day […]

“The gratitude of most men is merely a secret desire to receive greater benefits.” Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or, Sentences and Moral Maxims [1678] 322 years have passed, and we still suspect that some give only so they can get.

“No man has ever lived that had enough Of children’s gratitude or woman’s love.” William Butler Yeats, Vacillation, III, st. 1 Have you ever noticed how grateful children are for the simple act of giving them time and attention? “Daddy, Daddy, look at me!” Put down the paper, turn off the TV, and take the […]