Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constan…

Thomas Merton
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Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.48, Macmillan
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