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Real appreciation\u00a0for God, for this life given to us through the action of grace, requires realizing our actual place in the greater scheme of things. No one in a hurry to get something done does anything except throw dirt over his or her opportunity to appreciate the moment —\u00a0of life in the Light\u00a0—\u00a0they have been given.<\/p>\n

To really appreciate anything requires being conscious of it; without this awareness of one’s relationship with whatever the moment presents — and all that’s being given freely through it — one lives only from the sense of being busy. It is impossible to rush, to want to feel “important,” and to appreciate life at the same time.
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Real appreciation\u00a0for God, for this life given to us through the action of grace, requires realizing our actual place in the greater scheme of things. No one in a hurry to get something done does anything except throw dirt over his or her opportunity to appreciate the moment —\u00a0of life in the Light\u00a0—\u00a0they have been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,511],"tags":[3138,3139,423,339,212,3140,83,663,1420,919],"class_list":["post-6064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-remembering-awareness","category-uplifting-quote-key-lesson","tag-appreciation","tag-busy-life","tag-giving-thanks","tag-grace","tag-gratitude","tag-in-a-hurry","tag-rushing","tag-slow-down","tag-thankfulness","tag-thanksgiving"],"yoast_head":"\nSlow Down and Appreciate Your Life - Letting Go with Guy Finley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2018\/11\/simple-way-practice-gratitude.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Slow Down and Appreciate Your Life - Letting Go with Guy Finley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Real appreciation\u00a0for God, for this life given to us through the action of grace, requires realizing our actual place in the greater scheme of things. 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