The good in gratitude
One-Minute Meditation
I invite you to take a few deep breaths as you choose your preferred music below, enjoy the stunning natural scenery, and reflect on the following words of wisdom from Seneca:
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Intense meditation
We should make every effort to show all the gratitude we can. For the good in it is our own. After all, gratitude is not justice (as is commonly believed), for justice pertains to others, but much of the good in gratitude returns to oneself.
Seneca, Letters on Ethics, 81.19
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Speaks directly from Marcus Aurelius in the manner in which he begins writing Meditations.
I think it's beautiful, the observation that gratitude actually benefits us as well as the person to whom we are grateful. What a great way of looking at it!