Gratitude: A Simple Salve

I’ve been feeling hard, stuck, heavy lately. This is the best way I can think to describe the feeling. In an effort to fix and figure out these feelings and their causes, I get lost in my head. After spending a miserable while swirling there and winding up overwhelmed by the complexity of it all, I pause just long enough to remember this: when in doubt, add gratitude. It is so simple, works universally and almost instantaneously.

So, however your day is going today, however you’re feeling, you may choose to add gratitude, not because you should, but because you choose to live a life that is full, peaceful, and joyful.

“We can only be said to be fully alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder


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