No matter how shy you feel, I tell my kids, you can always say thank you. But sometimes it's hard to speak our thanks.
"You shouldn't have," we say instead. "You did too much."
Or, "Please. I don't deserve something so extravagant."
Or we nod our heads brusquely and turn away, embarrassed to acknowledge what we've received.
What is it that gets in our way of accepting a gift? Is it our sense of unworthiness? Or at the opposite end of the spectrum, is it our pride? Either way, we're usually looking only at ourselves. Pride and embarrassment aren't so very different from each other; they're both self-conscious.
Thankfulness turns us outward; however, it takes the focus off ourselves. It allows us to reach out and accept what is given to us, simply, honestly, humbly.
And in the end, the truest friendships are built on that simple, honest humility.
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No matter how shy you feel, I tell my kids, you can always say thank you. But sometimes it's hard to speak our thanks.
"You shouldn't have," we say instead. "You did too much."
Or, "Please. I don't deserve something so extravagant."
Or we nod our heads brusquely and turn away, embarrassed to acknowledge what we've received.
What is it that gets in our way of accepting a gift? Is it our sense of unworthiness? Or at the opposite end of the spectrum, is it our pride? Either way, we're usually looking only at ourselves. Pride and embarrassment aren't so very different from each other; they're both self-conscious.
Thankfulness turns us outward; however, it takes the focus off ourselves. It allows us to reach out and accept what is given to us, simply, honestly, humbly.
And in the end, the truest friendships are built on that simple, honest humility.
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img src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg124/mzpassionatelady/love%20bug/TinyFairyHaveWonderfulDay-1.gif"/>WHEN THEY HAD COME TO THE PLACE CALLED CALVARY, THERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM. LUKE 23:33
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DARK WAS THE NIGHT------SIN WARRED AGAINST US ! HEAVY THE LOAD OF SORROW WE BORE; BUT NOW WE SEE SIGNS OF HIS COMING----- OURS HEARTS GLOW WITHIN US, JOY'S CUP RUNNETH O'ER !
GOD TOOK THE WORST DEED OF HISTORY AND TURNED IT INTO THE GREATSET VICTORY.
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