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Gratitude Can Be

  • Apr 22, 2022
  • 5 min read

Updated: Mar 20, 2025

Praise

Thanks

Wonder

A choice

Savoring

An action

Rejoicing

Being glad

A lifestyle

A quiet joy

Recognition

Appreciation

Gratefulness

Thankfulness

Thanking God

Thanksgiving

A way of life

Heaven itself

Like a magnet

A sign of hope

Acknowledgement

Gratefulness to

Infinite praise

The root of joy

A flowing stream

A humble emotion

Appreciativeness

Gratefulness for

Present-oriented

Gratefulness that

The smile of love

A gladness of soul

A spiritual heaven

A twin to humility

An overflowing joy

Counting blessings

The seedbed of joy

Fathoming abundance

Giving glory to God

The energy of faith

The greatest prayer

The law of increase

A species of justice

The great multiplier

A feeling of fullness

The antidote to fears

Counting our blessings

A fountain of blessings

A sign of true religion

Extending favor towards

The antidote for misery

The heart of friendship

The heart of the gospel

The memory of the heart

The sign of noble souls

A beginning of greatness

A gift we give ourselves

A function of perspective

A prized human propensity

An expression of humility

A seasoning to our actions

The cheerfulness of wisdom

The heart’s first language

The open door to abundance

The ultimate joy of living

A soil on which joy thrives

Giving thanks in everything

Happiness doubled by wonder

The key that unlocks wonder

A discipline, not an emotion

A fruit of great cultivation

Thanking someone in our life

The basic Christian attitude

A sustenance that strengthens

Not taking things for granted

A universal religious sentiment

A form of returning love to God

An antidote to negative emotions

An opener of locked-up blessings

Being thankful and appreciative

Giving grace, favor, or kindness

Thankfulness expressed in action

What starts the receiving process

A lively sense of benefits to come

A flower that blooms in noble souls

A pleasure that exceeds description

A universal core character strength

The most exquisite form of courtesy

An essential part of the act of worship

Looking at the bright side of a setback

What defines our happiness and humanity

The inward feeling of kindness received

An offering precious in the sight of God

The ability to experience life as a gift

The antidote to bitterness and resentment

Medicine for a heart devastated by tragedy

Finding in every hour some heavenly blessings

The miracle cure for every moment of dis-ease

The response we should have to something good

A kind of metastrategy for achieving happiness

The attitude that sets the altitude for living

A hard fought, grace infused biblical lifestyle

A virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it

The fairest blossom which springs from the soul

Thank God for the earthly things He provides to us

A quality that makes us stand out in a positive way

Recognizing the receipt of someone else's generosity

Something justly due for things got without purchase

The closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion

Not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift

Thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received

One of the conduits by which our wealth will come to us

A sentiment of kindness or good will towards a benefactor

Readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness

An astoundingly reliable, immediate way of becoming present

An emotion of the heart, excited by a favor or benefit received

The natural impulse to express the feeling of kindness received

A neutralizer of envy, avarice, hostility, worry, and irritation

The richest, most joyful feeling we are privileged to experience

The fairest and most fragrant blossom which springs from the soul

A recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment

A duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect

One of the simplest yet most powerful things we can do for each other

Looking on the brighter side of life, even if it means hurting our eyes

Finding something to be grateful for, no matter how bad the situation is

One of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside

The realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment

A duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal

A right estimate of our relationship to God, to others, and to life itself

A virtue that shapes not only emotions and thoughts but also actions and deeds

The joy that arises in response to God's good will toward us in all his gifts

The single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life

To give goodness and grace to others, as the giver has first received from God

One of the most accurate ways of finding the presence of God in a person's life

Not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness

The combination of appreciation, love, kindness, and compassion in a beautiful heart

A prayer of an appreciating heart for the great gift of life and its endless treasures

A two-fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest

To extend the joy of receiving to others and God through gestures of kindness and goodness

An offering that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it

One of the chief graces of human existence, crowned in heaven with a consciousness of unity

Not only a response to God in good times - it's ultimately the very will of God in hard times

The proper or called-for response in a beneficiary to benefits or beneficence from a benefactor

A dynamic principle, one that makes us realize what we still have, even after so much has been taken

The recognition that no one is a solitary achiever, no one has accumulated success or wealth unaided

A foundation for the development of prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being

Not only a celebration when good things happen, but a declaration that God is good no matter what happens

The beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant

A virtue of the highest excellence, as it implies a feeling and generous heart, and a proper sense of duty

An acknowledgment of God's generosity that inspires us to shape our thoughts and actions around such ideals

The real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors our world

A virtue which, according to the general apprehension of mankind, approaches more nearly than almost any other social virtue to justice

The proper response for the absolute astonishment of getting to be alive, and aware, and an essential part of this crazy, sprawling story

The intention to count-our-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that we need or deserve different circumstances

A feeling of appreciation (or similar positive response) by a recipient of another's kindness, gifts, help, favors, or other form of generosity to the giver of such gifts

A warm sense of appreciation for somebody or something, a sense of goodwill toward that person or thing, and a disposition to act that flows from appreciation and goodwill

A second pleasure, one that prolongs the pleasure that precedes and occasions it, like a joyful echo of the joy we feel, a further happiness for the happiness we have been given

A sense of thankfulness and joy in response to receiving a gift, whether the gift be a tangible benefit from a specific other or a moment of peaceful bliss evoked by natural beauty

An agreeable emotion, consisting in or accompanied with good will to a benefactor, and a disposition to make a suitable return of benefits or services, or when no return can be made, with a desire to see the benefactor prosperous and happy


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