Comments on: Impact of Druidism on Everyday Life: Requited Gratitude

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Gratitude (Blog) - Personal Development for Smart People Forums — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:19:18 +0000

[...] Gratitude TO as well as gratitude FOR My experience with the two levels of gratitude has been similar to Steve’s. I’ve found, though, that there is a third level that extends and enriches the other two. This is the attitude of being grateful to someone or something. If you have someone to thank, and that someone receives your thanks, the whole experience of gratitude is different. Before, the gratitude is inside you, an internal attitude. When you extend that gratitude to someone, it becomes an interaction, a social act, a kind of bonding between you and the one you’re thanking. The gratitude takes on a whole new dimension, and is that much more rewarding. At least, this has been my experience. I write about this a lot more here: Druid Journal » Blog Archive » Impact of Druidism on Everyday Life: Requited Gratitude __________________ Behold more of my boundless wisdom at my Druid Journal. [...]

By: Jeff Lilly

Jeff Lilly — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:03:50 +0000

Good one, Bernulf! But I would say, in my case, at least, it would be more like hearing a great song on the radio and not even being aware that it was made by a band at all. Oh yes, some people believe that there are “bands” out there that make music, and certainly music is quite beautiful and looked at in a certain light, there seem to be patterns suggestive of conscious design; but really it probably evolved, like everything else, from a combination of impersonal evolutionary pressures…

By: Bernulf

Bernulf — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:56:56 +0000

Jeff, thank you very much for writing this…great post! I think you’re absolutely right…having someone in whom to place gratitude makes a difference. I’ll use another comparison, one that sort of crossed my mind while reading your post – it’s like hearing a song on the radio that you really love, that changes your perceptions, and writing fan mail…but not knowing the name of the band or the address to send the mail to.