I still feel the exhilaration, the gratitude for having been liberated from childhood's asphyxiations.
"I started my experience with financial aid with a great sense of gratitude for having received aid," he said.
All of the dancers interviewed for this story expressed deep gratitude for having ever had the opportunity to dance professionally.
Some remember him with gratitude for having crushed the Shining Path guerrillas, stabilised the economy and built schools and clinics in remote Andean towns.
Besides, they noted, imagining that you might lose the relationships and possessions you currently enjoy increases your gratitude for having them now.
It brought me this real sense of connection, and just the sense of liveliness and gratitude for having these people in my life.
By Namara Smith June 16, 2015 The novelist Elizabeth Taylor, pictured in 1954, once expressed gratitude for having had a "rather uneventful life".
On one side is a very wealthy backer, Eric Abraham, who feels himself owed a little gratitude for having funded the theatre to the tune of £4m ($6.4m) so far.
In a corner was a brown box that Breitbart had just received in gratitude for having appeared in a documentary, "I Want Your Money," which attacks big-government thinking.
Presently at work on a second book, Mr Thomas professes only gratitude for having the chance to devote his energy to writing and to help other writers launching their careers.
He removed all mention of neighbors and offered instead an expression of gratitude for having voted in the past -- while still making it clear that recipients' voting habits would continue to be monitored.
