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[Unedited] Brother David Steindl-Rast with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Virtue of Gratitude in a Complex Environment

How do you work through the complexity of this virtue of gratitude in those kinds of circumstances? Well, the main thing is to think it. The moment you speak of independence, i cant just say, what are you talking about? What is anybody talking about who says, i'm independent, even from one's enemies? We can also love our enemies. Love means not this love withoty feeling, when we get a nice feeling, that's wonderful. But love is very often without any feelings of oo. So it is alwaysa yes, we belong together lived. Yes, we belong together. And and that is so central that in e monastic life, for instance, a...

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