Quotes About Gifts

The most important thing each of us can know is our unique gift and how to use it in the world. Individuality is cherished and nurtured, because, in order for the whole to flourish, each of us has to be strong in who we are and carry our gifts with conviction, so they can be shared with others. Being among the sisters provides a visible manifestation of what a community can become when its members understand and share their gifts. In reciprocity, we fill our spirits as well as our bellies

We put our minds together as one and thank all the birds who move and fly about over our heads. The Creator gave them the gift of beautiful songs. Each morning they greet the day and with their songs remind us to enjoy and appreciate life. The Eagle was chosen to be their leader and to watch over the world. To all the Birds, from the smallest to the largest, we send our joyful greetings and thanks. Now our minds are one.

In a culture of gratitude, everyone knows that gifts will follow the circle of reciprocity and flow back to you again. This time you give and next time you receive. Both the honor of giving and the humility of receiving are necessary halves of the equation.

Strawberries first shaped my view of a world full of gifts simply scattered at your feet. A gift comes to you through no action of your own, free, having moved toward you without your beckoning. It is not a reward; you cannot earn it, or call it to you, or even deserve it. And yet it appears. Your only role is to be open-eyed and present. Gifts exist in a realm of humility and mystery - as with random acts of kindness, we do not know their source.

What would it be like, I wondered, to live with that heightened sensitivity to the lives given for ours? To consider the tree in the Kleenex, the algae in the toothpaste, the oaks in the floor, the grapes in the wine; to follow back the thread of life in everything and pay it respect? Once you start, it's hard to stop, and you begin to feel yourself awash in gifts.

If gifts and responsibilities are one, then asking "What is our responsibility?" is the same as asking "What is our gift?

It is said that only humans have the capacity for gratitude. This is among our gifts.

I'd felt the ruma had magically understood everything that happened, but now I realize his gifts may have less to do with magic than with interpreting the world around him in a magical way.

Once a woman has a husband and child, her time, her heart, her desires never quite belong to her again. A blessing some days, a burden others, like all the other gifts that life brings.

I brug you two [gifts] . . . I gots the little here in my pockie.' He dug one hand deep into his pocket and pulled out a handful of nuts and a dead grasshopper. 'Nope. Be the other side.' (Matt)

slowing—"in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of the axle, the feather at the pivot point, the pebble at the mountain's peak, the kiss in despair, the one right word. In darkness, understanding." He

The gods give no gifts without hooks embedded.

it's the way we respond to such gifts that is up to us. We decide if our past hurts and pains are going to overshadow what is occurring right this moment.

We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.

You have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You're ready to go out and – and find a good use for your talent.

You are getting to be rather conceited my dear, and it is quite time you set about correcting it. You have good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. -Mrs. March

for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.

Desechar todos los regalos que nos brinda la vida porque no nos da el que queremos es una mezquindad.

You are getting to be rather conceited, my dear, and it is quite time you set about correcting it. You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There

Rechazar todos los regalos que nos brinda la vida porque no nos da el que queremos es una mezquindad.

8 de octubre - Cuando me he despertado, el primer pensamiento que me ha venido ha sido: Es el cumpleaños de Madre, tengo que ser muy buena. He ido corriendo a desearle un feliz cumpleaños y le he dado un beso. Después del desayuno, cada uno le ha dado su regalo. Yo le he hecho una cruz de musgo y una poesía. No teníamos que ir a la escuela y he estado jugando en el bosque y he recogido hojas rojas.

You have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead and ordinary life?