{"id":38,"date":"2010-05-12T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=38"},"modified":"2010-08-18T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T08:12:17","slug":"gratitude-calls-me-to-love-the-person-to-whom-i-am-under-obligation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"GRATITUDE CALLS ME TO LOVE THE PERSON TO WHOM I AM UNDER OBLIGATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is the last paragraph of the self-presentation. Eugene deals with another underlying motive in his relationship with others: what gratitude is for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Far from being in my eyes, as it is for many people, an irksome burden, gratitude is one of the things I like best, for it calls me to love the person to whom I am under an obligation. I am happy when I have incurred an obligation to someone who was moved by affection, and if this is an affection that singles me out and is partial towards me, there is nothing I would not do in gratitude for the friendship rather than for the service.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>If someone\u2019s feelings towards me are only ordinary and common, when someone does something for me the same as they would do it for anybody, I can only respond as any gentleman would in these sort of circumstances, i.e., with an external show of gratitude, I mean one which does not come from the heart, a disposition to be of service, but in view of acquitting myself of my debt; while in the other case I take pleasure in remaining under obligation. <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>So my appreciation for a trivial service that comes from the heart of someone who puts me under an obligation is infinitely greater than for an infinitely bigger one that is given only because it suits someone to oblige.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Self-evaluation written for his spiritual director in 1808, O.W. XIV n. 30<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With this ends the reflection on Eugene&#8217;s self-presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last paragraph of the self-presentation. Eugene deals with another underlying motive in his relationship with others: what gratitude is for him. Far from being in my eyes, as it is for many people, an irksome burden, gratitude &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=38\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings","tag-eugenes-personality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}