{"id":405,"date":"2014-12-03T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T17:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2026-02-07T16:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:15:11","slug":"gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altitudeclinic.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRATITUDE <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo <\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

dedicated to:<\/span><\/p>\n

James Muldrey<\/strong>, Professor of biochemistry, Tulane Medical School, USA. <\/span><\/p>\n

Walter Unglaub<\/strong>, Dean, Tulane Medical School, USA <\/span><\/p>\n

Rafael Rubio<\/strong>, Professor, Instituto de Cardiolog\u00eda de M\u00e9xico <\/span><\/p>\n

Skip Houser<\/strong>, Teacher and Director, USA <\/span><\/p>\n

Thuppil Venkatesh<\/strong>, The Lead Man of India<\/span><\/p>\n

and many that remain in our memory<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

Life <\/b><\/span>grants us certain favors<\/strong><\/h5>\n
of different nature and magnitude<\/strong><\/h5>\n
that can alter the course of our existence.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Favors that can only be repaid with gratitude,<\/strong><\/h5>\n
because they are beyond price.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Gratitude is the quiet virtue of recognition\u2014<\/strong><\/h5>\n
the \u201cdebts\u201d the heart acquires<\/strong><\/h5>\n
that no act can truly reimburse.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
.<\/h5>\n
It is most unfortunate that in such a state,<\/h5>\n
of favors received along the way,<\/h5>\n
we sometimes lose the chance to give back.<\/h5>\n
Because human beings, with time, disappear;<\/h5>\n
and gratitude remains only in memory,<\/h5>\n
a silent and private truth within us.<\/h5>\n
Gratitude is a virtue of such magnitude<\/h5>\n
that any words written to contain it<\/h5>\n
will always fall short.<\/h5>\n

.<\/p>\n

We should not search for fault in those<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

who circumstantially crossed our path<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

and inflicted damage upon us,<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

because, in time, they will taste their own bitterness.. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

the weight of their flawed choices and wrong behavior.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

Some may rise, become visible, even celebrated,<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

and wish for one’s disappearance, <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

from the spaces they now inhabit,<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

in order to erase bad memories, <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

because one was a witness to who they truly were. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

It is strange how such profound human behavior<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

holds our attention only for a moment.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

Human development <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

is a quiet, constant adaptation <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

shaped by experience and knowledge <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

a fragile effort to preserve a pleasant life<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

and a harmonious relationship with those around us.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\u00a0\"jefe\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Translation by Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr).<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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