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Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” — Denis Waitley “Have gratitude for all that you have, and you can be happy exactly as you are.”
Some proven ways to increase gratitude include small acts of kindness (especially towards family and close friends) and writing notes or letters of genuine appreciation. The benefits are very real.
Spirituality and gratitude are not dependent on each other, but studies have found that spirituality can enhance a person's ability to be grateful. Those who regularly attend religious services or engage in religious activities are more likely to have a greater sense of gratitude in all areas of life.
1. Your sermons are like a compass, always pointing us in the right direction. 2. Thanks for being our spiritual superhero, cape and all! 3. Your words of wisdom are the fertilizer that helps our ...
In the Philippines, although not used as a greeting gesture, similar wai-like gestures (the clasping of both hands at the stomach-level, chest-level or chin-level) are used to convey heartfelt gratitude to a helper or benefactor, especially if that benefactor's social status is above that of the one who is assisted.
Blessings, therefore, are directly associated with, and are believed to come from, God. Thus, to express a blessing is like bestowing a wish on someone that they experience the favor of God, and to acknowledge God as the source of all blessing. A biblical damnation, in its most formal sense, is a negative blessing.
The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.
It is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to bhikkhus (Buddhist monks). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Lay followers bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks. The gift of the Eight Requisites [ 6 ] ( aṭṭha parikkhārā , or Atapirikara in Sri Lanka) is also part of the offerings.