appreciation
c.1600, from Fr. appréciation, noun of action from apprécier (14c.), from L. appretiare "action of estimating quality" (see appreciate). Generally with a sense of "high estimation" from c.1650. Meaning "expression of (favorable) estimation" is from 1858; sense of "rise in value" is from c.1790.
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Do you ever just get great waves of appreciation and of love?
These waves usually come for me right after great waves of frustration or annoyance. Life is truly a cycle. And while that's a fairly obvious and not a profound statement, sometimes it never ceases to amaze me.

Could not agree more. This sums up my Thursday.
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