Santa Sabina Center

God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope.
- Maya Angelou

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The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
- Thomas Merton

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Maybe we should start making Advent lists – they’d be like Christmas lists, but instead of listing things we want Santa to bring us we could write down things we want Christ to break in and take from us. In the hopes he could pickpocket the stupid junk in our houses or abscond with our self-loathing or resentment… maybe break in in the middle of the night and take off with our compulsive eating or our love of money. That’s how God works sometimes. Not through the things we are prepared for but through the things we don’t expect.
- Nadia Bolz-Weber, Accidental Saints

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In each of us there is a spark that can reverse the trends of violence and depression spiraling within us and in the world around us. By setting in motion the spiral of gratefulness we begin the journey toward peace and joy.
- David Steindl-Rast

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My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.
- Oliver Sacks

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No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
- Alfred North Whitehead

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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life...and the world.
- Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Gratitude is twofold - love coming to visit us and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
- Henry Van D**e

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To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
- Johannes A. Gaertner

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Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint.
- Henri Nouwen

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A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer.
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again.
- Katherine May

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