Gratitude was never meant to be an excuse for giving up on the obstacles God has put before you. Some of the most magical things he can bring us require faith and a lot of planning.
I tell you I must go!_ I retorted, roused to something like passion. __o you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?__ machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!__ have as much soul as you,__nd full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;__t is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God__ feet, equal,__s we are!
Jane Eyre
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I tell you I must go!_ I retorted, roused to something like passion. __o you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?__ machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!__ have as much soul as you,__nd full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;__t is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God__ feet, equal,__s we are!
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