- Felix Frankfurter
It is true. Gratitude, at its deepest and most sincere, cannot be expressed through words. The voice of this gratitude does not manifest itself in an utterance from one's mouth. You may fumble over the simplest of phrases, stutter, and even gasp to catch your breath, but try as you might, this level of gratitude is not meant for language. It is communicated through feeling.
The heart is steeped in emotion and with every pulse, the body becomes a living vessel of gratitude that may quiver and shake, but words will continue to fail, yet there is no mistaking the sensation. It will be known that you are grateful and no one will question your feeble tongue. The gratitude you feel in that moment will spread through you and touch those around you. The depth of that gratitude may be so great that words fail those within your presence, but an extended hand or warm embrace will be the indicators that the feeling is understood and shared.
If you have never experienced gratitude of this magnitude before, you will know it when you cannot say it.
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