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This moving gif was sent by the John Templeton Foundation in a Thanksgiving e-mail. I like that it can be understood in more than one way \u2013 as saying that \u201cthanks leads to giving\u201d twice, or as illustrating the cycle of gratitude, as giving thanks leading to giving thanks. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3551,3968,5873,12447,12449],"class_list":["post-19451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-foundation","tag-giving","tag-john-templeton","tag-thanks","tag-thanksgiving"],"yoast_head":"\n
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