Category: gratitude
“Like the Full Moon…” Some Greek Proverbs on Gratitude
Arsenius, 6.38b “If you are able to give thanks, don’t tarry, but give it—since you know that things are not everlasting.” Δυνάμενος χαρίζεσθαι, μὴ βράδυνε, ἀλλὰ δίδου, ἐπιστάμενος μὴ εἶναι τὰ πράγματα μόνιμα. Arsenius, 6.95c “Humans have greater thanks for the unexpected” ᾿Εκ τῶν ἀέλπτων ἡ χάρις μείζων βροτοῖς Arsenius 8.42p “Just like food for […]
Sanctification
It is just this body. Compare: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45472/i-sing-the-body-electric
Abundance
Slogan: Enough is as good as a feast.
Gratitude
Life, in all its awesomeness and awfulness, elicits wonder, which leads to thanksgiving.
No nimiety
Not too much! Enough is as good as a feast.
Memento mori V
You have everything. Compare:
The Gloss 