GratiDUde

[omega minimo]

On DU we discuss how lives are affected by The Powers That Be...

“Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.” --Rabindranath Tagore


...who seem to have missed the meaning in their sacred message...

“In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.” --Thomas Erskine

“Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.” --Alfred Painter

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” --Cicero


...who seem ignorant of the fact that this planet is our life support system...

“I'm grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude.” --Earl Nightingale


...who have not only lost the concept of integrity...

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
--John Fitzgerald Kennedy


...but turned words themselves inside out and upside down; intent on obscuring meaning and mexing missages.

So On DU we discuss how our lives are affected by The Powers That Be...

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” --Albert Schweitzer


Happy Thanksgiving to one and all :toast: :patriot: :hug:

[omega minimo]

1. ;>

:hi:

[omega minimo]

2. "A grateful thought towards heaven is itself a prayer" -- Lessing

[Bunny]

3. Very nice.

And a happy Thanksgiving to you, too! :hi:

[MuseRider]

4. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well.

This is my favorite of all your quotes and sums up how I feel about many of the people here, YOU in many cases, here on DU.

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” --Albert Schweitzer

May we all continue to light the flames of others and be there to rekindle them when needed.

Very nice.

Peace.

[omega minimo]

5. There is light at the end of the tunnel and opportunity

to think forward, creating a world we want to live in, beyond reacting to the current attacks upon it.

"Our life is short, but to expand that span to vast eternity is virtue's work." --Shakespeare

Happy Holidays, MuseRider

[omega minimo]

6. Gratitude is its own reward

[hfojvt]

7. have you been reading GHW Bush's thank you notes?

I enjoyed this post, but missed you in my thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4337841

[omega minimo]

10. Well hey there. Ya know yer screen name spells this?

:spray:




:rofl: That was a nice thread. I learnt sumthin!

Happy Holidaze

[newswolf56]

8. Three relevant passages, each quoted in gratitude:

Clouds rise up to heaven:
The image of waiting.
Thus the person of superior mindfulness
eats and drinks,
Is joyous and of good cheer.
-- I Ching, 5th Hexagram, "Waiting"

Even now
I know that I have savored the hot taste of life
Lifting green cups and gold at the great feast...
The whitest pouring of eternal light.
-- Black Marigolds (Bilhana, trans. from Sanskrit by E. Powys Mathers)

A small but significant part of my own personal "great feast" is DU, for which many thanks -- especially to you, OM. And a fine holiday to all who enter here.

We shall enjoy it
As for him who finds fault
May silliness
and sorrow take him.
-- Sappho (Mary Barnard trans.)

[omega minimo]

9. Lifting green cups and gold at the great feast...

The whitest pouring of eternal light

:toast: