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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Quote of the Day by French novelist Marcel Proust: ‘Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom’ - a lesson on gratitude, happiness, relationships and emotional connection, and why the people who help us flourish deserve to be remembered, by the author of 'In Search of Lost Time'

Often, the people we remember most are not the ones who gave us the biggest opportunities or changed the course of our lives. They’re the ones who made an ordinary afternoon lighter, who stayed when we needed company, or who simply made us feel more like ourselves.

For French author Marcel Proust, how much of our happiness is actually the shared contribution by the people around us was more about the gratitude and the influence that certain people can have on our inner lives.

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