Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]
Interpretation
People often overlook the daily blessings in their lives due to their commonness and forget to express gratitude.
This quote by Izaak Walton emphasizes the importance of recognizing and appreciating the blessings we receive on a regular basis. It suggests that many of the good things in our lives are taken for granted simply because they are frequent and familiar, leading to a lack of gratitude which ultimately causes us to miss out on the full benefits these blessings can provide.
In practice
In a speech on thankfulness, one could quote this to encourage listeners to notice the small joys in their lives.
[Be grateful for the simple things in life. Don't take them for granted. After all...] What would a blind man give to see the pleasant rivers and meadows and flowers and fountains; and this and many other like blessings we enjoy daily.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
Look to your health: and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy; and therefore value it.
Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.
Of this blest man, let his just praise be given,_x000D_ _x000D_ Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.
It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.
I now, more and more, appreciate when I'm in a group of good people and get to work in good movies and projects. I'm wildly grateful and appreciative.
Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.
For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'
Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life.
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