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They say that Homer's heroes were able to open themselves to a variety of gods, to "whatever stands beyond us that requires our gratitude".
I noticed people were shy to speak about it at first, as if expressing gratitude required a level of intimacy or vulnerability that was too uncomfortable to share.
Take gratitude.
Not because I'm skeptical about debts of gratitude, but I want us to pay attention to what exactly obligations of gratitude require us to do.
The discipline of gratitude requires noticing things you normally wouldn't, and not noticing things you normally would.
Several philosophers suggest that as far as feelings go, gratitude requires some degree of goodwill toward a benefactor, understood as wishing a benefactor well (Walker 1980 1981; Herman 2012).
A beneficiary who lacks any motivation to show or inform his benefactor of his grateful attitudes (perhaps, say, because he is overly prideful) seems to fall short of what gratitude requires, even if he has the appropriate feelings and beliefs regarding her.
Gratitude requires huge spaciousness.
Gratitude requires an open heart A clearing of the mind.
It requires presence and gratitude to lock it in more deeply.
All that was required for guests at this "Gratitude Lunch" was to invite someone they wanted to thank.
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