Defining Gratitude

Posted on May 8, 2022 by msw blog

Gratitude is the child of attention. When we stop to take in what’s before us, a single moment becomes suddenly divisible into thousands. As theologian and mental health nurse John Swinton writes, there is fast time and there is slow time. Fast time is deadlines and efficiency and workweeks. Slow time moves at the speed of love.

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4 Responses to Defining Gratitude

  1. Damyanti Biswas says:
    May 9, 2022 at 12:10 am

    It’s difficult sometimes, but I do believe that this act must be practiced regularly.

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  2. Chatting With San says:
    May 11, 2022 at 1:15 am

    Gratitude is a state of mind. I think it’s something that we live. And if we don’t Jesus has a way of allowing situations to bring us into it…

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