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Gratitude, a noun to mean, “the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness”*, from the Latin word meaning pleasing or thankful. To the adjective, grateful, meaning a “feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful”*. To the action of practicing By Candice Smiley gratitude where: “Practicing gratitude is synonymous to expressing our feelings for others and ourselves. By simple words of love and praise, we not only make others feel good, but we also feel a lot better of ourselves and our lives. Gratitude is about feeling the right way, about the right things, and at the right time.” ** Take a big serious deep breath. Its so easy to be very distracted right now and feel like it might be hard to find
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Gratitude
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something to be grateful for. It can be easy to have the “wrong” attitude as you express “I’m grateful” and actually mean, “whew, I’m glad that that bad thing hasn’t happened to me… yet”.
Are there strings attached to your sense of gratitude? Is there actually an underlying tone of scarcity under the gratitude? And it’s ok to feel a sense of relief as we express thankfulness for what hasn’t happened to us… and this is your gentle nudge to maybe allow your
