BUT HOLD UP RIGHT THERE.Sometimes one state is more desirable or has a more positive effect than another. More often, both states—both sides, opposing faces of a single thing—provide different, needed effects.
Both are valuable, important, and good. The key is understanding the difference. Then we can discern which state to enter (or which emotion to follow) at any given time.Gratitude is being aware and appreciative of life’s goodness and abundance.
It’s the ability to see, or at least believe in, the gift within each experience. Gratitude is about being in the present. It’s noticing what is, in this moment.
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