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The Habit of Gratitude: How Practicing Gratitude Daily Changes Your Life

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GRATITUDE IS A CHOICE TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE HOW THE HABIT OF GRATITUDE CHANGES YOUR LIFE HOW TO PRACTICE GRATITUDE DAILY

Our minds are built to focus on problems – the excess salt, negative comment, and bad news. This is not a bad thing, as it helps us tackle the problems in our lives. But being fixated on the negative leads to unhappiness.

Without intentionally refocusing our minds on the sunny side of things, we might end up thinking our entire world is dark and gloomy, whilst, in fact, the full picture is heartwarmingly bright and colourful with a few patches of grey.

Why We Must Be Grateful To Society (Even When It Is Not Perfect)

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There is a strong temptation to be ungrateful to society due to its imperfection, but we must exercise gratitude because society lays the foundation for the order (law, commerce, democracy, etcetera) and whatever privileges we enjoy (including access to clean water, the internet, education, and even the “peace” we enjoy).