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Binding the Grass to Repay Kindness — The Heart That Seeks Its Roots
Busy resenting the roots I believe abandoned me, do I fail to see the other kindnesses that raised me?
To bind the grass to repay a kindness received — a gratitude not forgotten even in death.
The saying "bind the grass to repay kindness" comes from an old tale of repaying a debt of gratitude even in death.
📝The Classic Answers
The saying "bind the grass to repay kindness" comes from an old tale of repaying a debt of gratitude even in death. One raised feeling abandoned easily resents their roots. That resentment has its reasons. Yet dwelling only in it, one cannot see the other hands that kept me alive — the kindnesses given without a name. The journey to seek one's roots is not to confirm the resentment but to recognize the kindnesses that made me and to reconcile. I hope to see together both the roots that wounded me and the kindnesses that saved me. Only one who knows their roots moves beyond resentment into gratitude. I choose to count first the kindnesses received.
🌱Apply It Today
Recall one nameless kindness from those who raised you, and offer thanks for it, even if only in your heart.
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