When saying thanks, downplay the part about you
When I wrote here about a friend’s rant over a thank you gone wrong, I didn’t anticipate a part two on the theme – at least not this soon. But I’m back a few weeks later with a sorry story of my own...
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: G. Trish Day
“Gratitude is a reproductive habit. The more grateful we are, the more aware we are of how very much we have for which to be grateful – then we are more grateful still. Gratitude changes our posture....
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all...
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: Diana Butler Bass
“In recent years, neuroscientists have discovered that fear and gratitude don’t exist in the same parts of our brains. Fear resides in the amygdala, the ‘reptilian’ part of our brain. Feelings of...
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: Barbara Brown Taylor
“No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the reason so many of us cannot see the red X that marks the spot is...
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: GapingVoid blog
“Gratitude is how we acknowledge our humble place in the universe, our place in the big dance. Gratitude is your way of telling ourselves what really matters; a damn hard thing do at the best of times....
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: Fred Rogers
“From the time you were very little, you’ve had people who have smiled you into smiling, people who have talked you into talking, sung you into singing, loved you into loving. So, on this extra special...
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: Gordon T. Smith
“Every day it makes sense to thank at least one colleague or donor or member of the board, as an acknowledgment of the goodness and presence of God in your institution. We learn, as Bonhoeffer...
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: Diana Butler Bass
“Typically, peasants offered a gift to a king to demonstrate loyalty or request a favor. But when kings bring gifts to peasants, it turns what we think of gifts and giving on its head. . . The giving...
View ArticleGenerosity in quotes: Peter W. Marty
“I’m convinced that bone-deep generosity is a way of life that has nothing to do with means and everything to do with desire. It’s one thing to enjoy spasms of personal generosity — a good deed here...
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