So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.
HT Henry David ThoreauEssayist & naturalist · 1817–1862Wat dit citaat betekent
Thoreau is grateful not for special blessings but for existence itself. When thanks becomes constant, life feels continuously rich.
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American naturalist and author of Walden, who wrote on simplicity, nature, and living deliberately.
This line is among the quotes by Henry David Thoreau that readers return to on dankbaarheid — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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