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10 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude

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10. Find gratitude in sharing your gifts. The highest and most potent form of gratitude is when you can simply be grateful for opportunities to share your gifts. This type of gratitude doesn’t fit the traditional concept where you see a benefit, and then you’re grateful. Instead, you feel privileged just to be of service, and you have no need to receive appreciation from those you served.

In essence, this type of gratitude is our way of thanking God for the gifts He has given us. In the words of author Leo Buscaglia, “Our talents are the gift that God gives to us, and what we make of them is our gift back to God.”

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4 Responses to “10 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude”

  1. Mary Jane Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    These are great ideas – when I just slow down and look around – I can always find something to be grateful for!

  2. Cliff Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Thank you for reminding me about the benefits of gratitude and your tips for cultivating it. It’s been a great help to me. Your message couldn’t have come at a better time!

    I wish you much success with your newsletter. It’s a pleasure to read something so uplifting in these difficult times.

  3. Laura Says:
    October 5th, 2010 at 5:37 am

    I am doing research for my university paper, thanks for your brilliant points, now I am acting on a sudden impulse.

    - Laura

  4. addinascusnef Says:
    January 10th, 2011 at 8:51 am

    thanks

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