This essay has become something of an annual tradition at Timeless & Timely. I genuinely appreciate you slowing down with me here.

“The laws we live by, the freedoms we enjoy, the institutions that we take for granted — and we should never take for granted — are all the work of others who went before us. And to be indifferent to that isn’t just to be ignorant, it’s to be rude. And ingratitude is a shabby failing.” — David McCullough, 2005
How often do you practice gratitude?
Oh, I’m sure you’re thankful when you’re the recipient of a kind word or gesture and you respond with politeness.
Someone says this, you say that.
Make a gesture, then reap the reward.
But there’s a difference between thankfulness and gratitude.
We teach children to say “thank you” when someone says someth…
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