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1 " Picture a girl with her arms full of small packages, too many to hold all at once. When they topple and fall all around her, she stoops down and scoops them all back up, literally re-collecting all the gifts that are already hers. To set your mind is to recollect truth that already belongs to you. "
― Emily P. Freeman , Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life
2 " Love and intuition are born of the same source. Of all the gifts you will receive in this life, love is the only one with everlasting power. Love is your companion in this world and into the next. "
― , The Happy Medium: Awakening to Your Natural Intuition
3 " Of all the gifts you can get, friends and family are the best! "
4 " Torturing innocents, murdering civilians and destroying public property; they are all the gifts we have been given by religion. "
― M.F. Moonzajer
5 " Should we try to account for all the gifts of life there would be no time for distress and uneasiness. "
― Bryant McGill , Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
6 " I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside. "
7 " The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God. "
