The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant. ― Jordan B. Peterson

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The correct prayer is therefore never a prayer of supplication, but a prayer of gratitude. When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you in effect, acknowledge that it is there...in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God - an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate... Appreciate.

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Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.

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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.

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Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. — Denis Waitley

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life. — Walt Disney

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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle. — Ann Voskamp

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When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with a sense of entitlement and expectation, we quickly see the demise of our relationships, society, and economy. ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human

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We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites. Without dark, we can’t understand light. Without hardship, we wouldn’t *experience* ease. Without the existence of deprivation and loss, we couldn’t grasp the need for gratitude or the virtue of patience. And without separation, we wouldn’t taste the sweetness of reunion. Glory be to the one who gives—even when He takes.

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The struggle ends when gratitude begins.

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