Understanding the Power of Gratitude
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INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS GRATITUDE?
It is one of the many positive emotions that can be felt. It consists of focusing on things
good of our lives and feeling grateful for what we have
Gratitude isto stop and realize and appreciatethe things we often take for granted, like having
a place to live, food, clean water, friends, family, and even access to a computer. It is
take a moment to reflect on how fortunate we are when good things happen to us,
it is about something small or very important.
We can use a great number of words to describe the feeling of gratitude: we can say
that we feel grateful, fortunate, favored, moved, or blessed.
What does the book of the greats tell us?
virtues
it is the most pleasant of virtues. However, it is not the easiest. Why would it be?
difficult or scarce place, but that doesn't mean it is less pleasant than others or even that it is.
much more.
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DEVELOPMENT
What does it mean when it refers to receiving a gift to
a blow
It is not to say that it is easier to say thank you than to forgive, to ask for a favor than to do it.
Gratitude is a pleasure, a happiness
Sometimes many do not expect gratitude, but we all have the obligation to do so.
for act of internal peace
Sometimes we don't like to receive gratitude because we think we owe a favor to the other person.
There exists a lighter, brighter virtue, and one could say more Mozart-like, and not only because
Mozart inspires us, not because he sings it, but because he embodies it, because that joy exists in him,
exalted gratitude for what is not known Page 100 for everything, that generosity of gratitude?
Is there a virtue more happy and more humble, a grace more easy and more necessary than that of giving the
thank you with a smile or with a dance step, with a song or with happiness? The generosity of
Gratitude... This last expression, which I owe to Mozart, enlightens me: if we lack gratitude so much...
Perhaps, once again, it is due to the inability to give more than to receive, due to selfishness more than
for insensitivity? To be grateful is to give; to give thanks is to share. This pleasure that I owe you is not only
for me. This joy is ours. This happiness is ours. The selfish person can take pleasure in receiving
DENOUEMENT
There is a lighter, more luminous virtue, one could say more Mozart-like, and not just because
Mozart nos la inspire, sino porque la canta, porque la encarna, porque existe en él esa alegría, un
exalted gratitude for unknown reasons, for everything, that generosity of gratitude?
Is there a virtue more joyful and more humble, a grace easier and more necessary than that of giving the
thanks with a smile or with a dance step, with a song or with happiness? The generosity of
Gratitude... This last expression, which I owe to Mozart, enlightens me: if we lack gratitude so much...
isn't it, once again, due to the inability to give, more than to receive, out of selfishness more than
for insensitivity? To thank is to give; to express gratitude is to share. This pleasure that I owe you is not only
for me. This joy is ours. This happiness is ours. The selfish one can be happy to receive
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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GRATITUDE
When we go to the Word of God, we realize that thanksgiving is an attitude of praise to God and
when we understand this truth, we make gratitude a way of life (Gratitude produces praise and worship in
the heart of man Luke 17:15 for this reason the ungrateful will never praise God in difficult moments, his praise
they will always be conditioned by a feeling, that is, they only thank God when everything is good. Many do not
they have understood what it means to be grateful to God, which is why they spend their lives complaining and blaming God
for everything that happens in their lives without knowing that most of the unpleasant things that happen in their lives are because of
because of their disobedience, that is the consequences of their sin.