“I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this, about the old ways of gratitude: Indians thanking the deer they'd slain, grace before supper, kneeling before bed. I was thinking that gratitude is too much absent in our lives now, and we need it back, even if it only takes the form of acknowledging the blue of a bowl against the red of cranberries.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsMadeDoneBeautifulFormDarkToo MuchGraceOur LivesGratitudeBedRedBlueIndianContrastBowlsAbsentSauceDeerSupperOld WaysKneelingDark BlueCranberries Book:Open House: A Novel Source: Open House: A Novel
“He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]” KnowsJoySorrowGratitudeClarityContrast Author:Khalil Gibran
“Beautiful light is born of a contrast to darkness.” LightBeautifulBornDarknessGratitudeContrastBeautiful Light Author:Ross Turnbull
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? You only truly, deeply appreciate and are grateful for something when you compare and contrast it to something worse.” GivingColdGratitudeSummerAppreciateGratefulWinterCompareWarmthContrastSweetnessCompare And Contrast Author:John Steinbeck