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1 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 18 April 2015 08:33PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 April 2015 02:52:54PM 0 points [-]

Isn't gratitude a deep, heartfelt thank-you to others, to life, to the universe, but not to yourself, because it is based being thankful for getting something you were not owed? Because if you get something you was owed, why feel this? And if you earn something yourself, it is not like getting an un-owed present from yourself...